Dr. Lauren Nichols earned her Doctorate in Clinical Psychology and Masters in Clinical Psychology from the Illinois School of Professional Psychology in Chicago, as well as her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. Dr. Nichols has worked in outpatient, community-based settings providing psychological services to individuals across the lifespan. She currently co-facilitates the Multicultural Counseling and Community Psychology Seminar for the training program at HHS, as well as provides individual supervision for Interns. Dr. Nichols’ areas of interest include community mental health, trauma, grief and loss, assessment, and psychotherapy with children and adolescents. Dr. Nichols has also completed Level I and Level II training in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy.