Services
Counseling
Feeling stressed? Overwhelmed? Want to learn to cope with life's challenges? Having trouble dealing with issues from your past? Is your child struggling with their feelings and behaviors?
Mindfulness and Meditation
Want to learn how to calm your mind and be more present? Want to learn a tool that has been proven to help with overall wellness? Striving for a few moments of quiet and relaxation?
Relaxing Retreats
Wanting to do something relaxing and fun with friends? Visiting Farmville and wanting to add an element of wellness to your trip?
Meet
Lauren Showalter, LPC, NCC
I am a licensed professional counselor who provides counseling services for adolescents, families, and adults. I also teach mindfulness and meditation as a tool for wellness.
I have been working in the mental health field since 2009, and have been licensed since 2014. I received my master's degree from Marymount University in Arlington, VA. I received my bachelor's degree from Randolph-Macon Woman's College in Lynchburg, VA. I currently live in Farmville with my husband, two daughters, and two cats. I enjoy traveling, being outside, watching my kids play sports, and helping in the community.
Counseling
Why counseling?
Therapy can be intimidating, but I like to look at it more as a journey towards wholeness and healing. I work with adults, teens, and pre-teens that may be struggling due to stress, life changes, depression, anxiety, mood disorders, or major challenges. Therapy can help you or your teen learn ways to cope, how to navigate hard times, gain insight, and work towards growth. It is also a chance to just be heard.
I am a licensed professional counselor and work from a client-centered approach which means that I meet folks where they are, with no judgement, and hope to partner with you or your teen on your road to healing. I use tools that pull from attachment approaches, positive psychology, mindfulness, cognitive behavioral therapy, play therapy, trauma-informed interventions, and somatic approaches.
I look forward to getting to know you or your teen to work together towards healing and growth.
Information
Counseling to help with:
Anxiety
Depression
Stress
Difficult Changes
Healing from trauma
Self-esteem
Learning coping skills
LGBTQIA+ Support
Services for adults, teens, families, and pre-teens
ages 11 and up.
Insurance Taken:
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield
Cigna
United Healthcare
Aetna
Piedmont Community Health
Aetna Medicaid
Self-pay Rate: $110
Call 434-315-3711 for more information
Mindfulness and Meditation
What is mindfulness?
Mindfulness is the practice of being fully present in the moment and simply paying attention to oneself in a non-judgmental way. Studies have shown that mindfulness can help reduce stress, alleviate symptoms of anxiety and depression, build self-awareness, develop emotional regulation skills, help one grow in self-compassion, feel more present, feel more connected (to ourselves and others), sharpen cognitive skills, and grow in overall mental, emotional, and spiritual health.
What is meditation?
Meditation is the action of taking charge of ones mind and becoming focused and relaxed. Meditation is taking mindfulness a step further and is a training of the mind. Meditation can help people access their positive qualities within and find calm awareness.
Mindfulness and Meditation Classes
Do you want to feel more calm and peaceful? Are you tired of feeling stressed and "on the go" all the time? We don't want to just "go" through life... we want to LIVE life. Mindfulness and meditation can help you tap in to your full potential.
1.5 hour Introduction to Mindfulness Classes done monthly - $30 per person
30 min. one on one Mindfulness Coaching sessions - $45 per session
1 hour/1.5 hour Relaxation Retreats offered on Saturdays - $150 - $175 per session
Personalized mindfulness classes for businesses and schools - $175 per session
Relaxing Retreats
When visiting Farmville, why not add some
wellness and self-restoration to your trip?
Come visit our mindfulness room where you can enjoy an hour of
focused relaxation through guided
meditation and breath work. Perfect for bachelorette/bachelor party weekends, birthdays, or weekend getaways.
$150 for 1 hour or $175 for 1.5 hours
Mindfulness is paying attention, on purpose, in the present moment and non-judgementally.
- Jon Kabat-Zinn
Contact
Details
Reach out to start your journey towards wellness.
Location:
118 N. Main St, Suite 1
Farmville, VA 23901
Phone Number:
434-315-3711
Email Address:
lauren@thrivewellnessva.com
Thrive Counseling and Wellness, PLLC is a counseling and wellness organization, aimed at helping others work towards healing and growth through therapeutic and mindfulness practices.
If you are in crisis, please call 911 or go to your closest emergency room. Please also utilize the nationwide suicide hotline by dialing 988 to reach counseling services 24/7.
Upcoming Events
Intro to Mindfulness
and Meditation Class
- Learn how to use mindfulness and meditation as a stress reduction skill
- Engage in and practice relaxing mindfulness exercises with support from the teacher
- Class is 1.5 hours
- Cost is $30
- Call or email to sign up - 434 315 3711 lauren@thrivewellnessva.com
- Next class - TBD
Upcoming Events
Vision Board Workshop
- In conjunction with In Bloom Coaching - learn how to use the creative tool of a Vision Board to mindfully and purposely set goals and intentions for your future
- All supplies provided
- Saturday September 21st
- 9:30 am - 11:30 am
- Cost is $25
- Sign up using this Google Doc Link: https://forms.gle/3tNDkaUnL1Nho7HTA
Resources
Want to work on your meditation practice? Access mindfulness worksheets from Mindfulness Exercises here.
Want to learn how to do mindfulness on your own? Access a course here.
Want more information about mental health diagnoses in general? Visit the NAMI website here.
Need resources for substance use? Visit the Alcoholic Anonymous website here.