Couples Therapy for staying connected through conflict & change

Lauren approaches therapy with empathy, curiosity, and a deep respect for each client’s individual story. She believes that meaningful healing begins in a space where people feel truly seen, supported, and able to explore their inner worlds without judgment. Her approach is grounded in the belief that even the most overwhelming challenges can serve as powerful opportunities for insight, growth, and self-understanding.

Before becoming a therapist, Lauren worked for several years as a teacher, an experience that deeply informs her work. Her background in education gives her a unique understanding of school-based stress, academic pressure, identity development, and the emotional landscape of children, teens, and young adults. She brings patience, attunement, and a collaborative spirit that helps clients feel safe opening up and exploring the patterns shaping their lives.

Lauren also draws on her lived experience as a former competitive collegiate student-athlete. She understands firsthand the world of performance culture—high expectations, internal pressure, perfectionism, time demands, and the challenge of balancing drive with wellbeing. Many clients who identify as high achievers, helpers, or people who “hold it all together” feel particularly understood by her.

In session, Lauren cultivates a warm, nonjudgmental environment where clients can reflect, deepen self-awareness, and develop tools to navigate life with greater clarity and confidence. She takes an integrative approach, drawing from client-centered, psychodynamic, and trauma-informed frameworks to tailor care to each individual’s needs and goals.

Lauren is especially passionate about supporting clients who are navigating:

anxiety or chronic worry

recurring relationship patterns

people-pleasing or perfectionism

school or work stress

major life transitions or identity shifts

performance pressure (academic, athletic, or professional)

Above all, she is committed to helping clients strengthen their sense of self and create more authentic, connected lives—both internally and in their relationships.

Lauren received her Master’s in Mental Health Counseling at Fordham University.

Clinical Focus

• Anxiety, Stress, & Emotional Regulation
• Relationship & Communication Challenges
• Self-Esteem, Identity, & Personal Growth
• Family Dynamics & Healthy Boundaries
• Life Transitions & Young Adult Development
• People-Pleasing, Perfectionism, & Coping Skills

Life Stages & Transitions

• Life Transition & Adjustment
• Emerging Adulthood
• Relationship Growth
• Wedding Planning

Therapeutic Approach

• Client-Centered & Strengths-Based
• Insight-Oriented & Trauma-Informed
• Multicultural Counseling
• Relational & Integrative
• Warm, Attuned, and Collaborative

Taylor first joined AisleTalk as a clinical intern and was thrilled to continue her work with the practice as an associate therapist. She brings a warm, curious, and nonjudgmental style to therapy, helping clients explore their experiences, challenges, and aspirations with honesty and self-compassion. Her approach centers collaboration—she believes clients are the experts of their own lives, and her role is to help illuminate patterns, build resilience, and support meaningful emotional growth.

Rooted in a strong multicultural and anti-oppressive lens, Taylor is committed to providing culturally responsive care. As an Asian American woman, she brings a nuanced understanding of how cultural identity, family expectations, and community narratives shape the way clients move through the world. She strives to create a safe, inclusive space for people of all backgrounds, particularly those from marginalized identities who may not have always felt seen or understood.

With a special passion for working with Gen Z, Taylor supports clients navigating anxiety, identity development, relationship stress, perfectionism, school and career transitions, and the pressure to “figure it all out.” She uses an integrative approach, drawing from evidence-based modalities to tailor therapy to each client’s needs. Together, she and her clients explore recurring patterns, strengthen self-awareness, and build the tools needed to move through life and relationships with greater ease and confidence.

Taylor is an associate therapist at AisleTalk and a graduate of the Mental Health Counseling program at Teachers College, Columbia University, where she earned her Master of Education in Mental Health Counseling.

Clinical Focus

• Gen Z Issues & Identity Development
• Anxiety & Life Stress
• Relationship & Interpersonal Challenges
• Identity & Self-Esteem
• Cultural Identity Exploration
• First-Generation Experiences

Life Stages & Transitions

• Quarter-Life Transitions
• Emerging Adulthood
• Wedding Planning & Relationship Growth
• Therapy for Women of Color

Therapeutic Approach

• Strengths-Based & Client-Centered
• Integrative & Insight-Oriented
• Trauma-Informed Foundations
• Culturally Affirming Care
• Certified PREPARE/ENRICH Premarital Counselor

Landis’s work is rooted in a simple truth: even the happiest moments in life can feel overwhelming. After planning her own wedding in 2015, she became deeply curious about why otherwise grounded, secure people suddenly found themselves flooded with stress, identity questions, family dynamics, and relational challenges. She quickly realized that wedding planning doesn’t create new problems—it amplifies the patterns, pressures, and emotions that bring many people to therapy at other points in their lives. And it does so all at once.

In 2018, Landis founded AisleTalk, the first therapy and coaching practice dedicated to supporting engaged individuals and couples through the emotional experience of wedding planning and the transition into marriage. She believes wedding planning is not just about logistics—it’s a major life transition marked by identity shifts, family expectations, vulnerability, visibility, and the collision of two personal histories. Some people meet that with excitement; others feel overwhelmed, anxious, or unsure where to turn. Landis sees this period as a powerful window for growth: a chance to build emotional tools, strengthen communication, and lay the groundwork for a resilient, connected partnership.

With more than ten years of clinical experience, Landis is passionate about helping clients navigate relationship challenges, anxiety, depression, family-of-origin patterns, life transitions, birth trauma, parenting stress, adult ADHD, and concerns related to sexuality and gender identity. She has worked across a wide range of settings—including schools, community mental health, eating disorder centers, crisis shelters, and university counseling—which allows her to support clients with depth, nuance, and flexibility.

Landis’s therapeutic style is warm, collaborative, and grounded in genuine connection. She believes the therapeutic relationship is the foundation for meaningful change and works to create a space where clients feel supported, understood, and empowered. Her integrative approach blends cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), person-centered therapy, emotionally focused therapy (EFT), mindfulness, and psychodynamic principles. She values open feedback and tailors her work to each client’s unique needs, goals, identities, and lived experience.

Landis has been featured as a wedding stress and relationship expert in BRIDES, TIME Magazine, The New York Times, The New York Post, and dozens of other media outlets. She also served as an inaugural member of the BRIDES Review Board as a Relationship and Mental Health Expert, helping shape national conversations around wedding wellbeing.

Originally from Miami, Landis moved to New York City to pursue graduate training at Columbia University, earning master’s degrees in Counseling Psychology (MA) and Mental Health Counseling (EdM). She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) in New York, a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Georgia, and a Registered Telehealth Provider in Florida.

Landis now manages AisleTalk remotely from Atlanta, where she lives with her partner of fifteen years, two young children, and two rescue pups. When she’s not working, you’ll find her searching for the perfect oat milk latte, discovering new restaurants, taking long walks, soaking up the sun, and celebrating any day with fewer than two toddler tantrums.

Clinical Focus

• Anxiety & Stress Management
• Trauma-Informed Therapy
• Disordered Eating & Body Image
• Adult ADHD
• Identity & Self-Esteem
• Career & Academic Stress
• Relationship & Couples Therapy

Life Stages & Transitions

• Wedding Stress & Life Transitions
• Transition to Parenthood
• Parenting & Family Strain
• Perinatal Mental Health & Birth Trauma
• Therapy for Therapists & Entrepreneurs

Therapeutic Approach

• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
• Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)
• ADHD Certified Treatment Professional
• Certified PREPARE/ENRICH Premarital Counselor
• Mindfulness-Based Approaches
• Strengths-Based & Client-Centered
• Psychodynamic-Informed
• LGBTQ+ Affirming Care