Lauren Ranney, LPC - OCD & Anxiety Therapist in Round Rock, Texas
About Lauren Ranney, LPC — Round Rock OCD & Anxiety Therapist
Lauren Ranney, LPC provides specialized OCD and anxiety treatment at Austin Anxiety and OCD Specialists' Round Rock office. She works with teens and adults across Round Rock, Georgetown, Cedar Park, Leander, Pflugerville, Hutto, and the greater North Austin area. Lauren also offers telehealth therapy for clients throughout Texas.
Lauren is BTTI-trained through the International OCD Foundation (IOCDF), reflecting her commitment to gold-standard, evidence-based care for OCD and anxiety disorders.
Specialized OCD Treatment in Round Rock, Texas
OCD is one of the most misunderstood and undertreated conditions in mental health. Many individuals spend years in traditional talk therapy - or manage symptoms on their own - before connecting with a therapist who specializes in evidence-based OCD treatment. Lauren brings specialized care directly to Williamson County, making effective OCD treatment more accessible for families and individuals across the north Austin area.
Lauren treats all major OCD subtypes, including:
Contamination OCD
Harm OCD
Relationship OCD (ROCD)
Moral OCD / Scrupulosity OCD
Sexual Orientation OCD (SO-OCD)
Pedophilia OCD (POCD)
Real Event OCD
False Memory OCD
Responsibility OCD
Checking OCD
Just-Right OCD
Sensorimotor OCD
Existential OCD
Health OCD / Illness Anxiety OCD
Magical Thinking OCD
Symmetry and Ordering OCD
Perinatal and Postpartum OCD
Many people with OCD feel isolated or ashamed of their intrusive thoughts. Lauren works to create a non-judgmental, collaborative environment where clients can safely face their fears and learn to respond to them differently.
Anxiety Treatment in Round Rock, Texas
In addition to OCD, Lauren provides specialized treatment for anxiety disorders affecting teens and adults. Anxiety can show up in many ways - excessive worry, panic attacks, avoidance, or physical symptoms like dizziness and nausea - and it responds well to evidence-based treatment when addressed directly.
Lauren works with clients experiencing:
Health anxiety and illness anxiety disorder
Emetophobia (fear of vomiting)
Driving anxiety
Perfectionism and high-achiever anxiety
Support for Depression, Grief, and Life Transitions
Anxiety and OCD frequently overlap with other emotional challenges, including depression, grief, and loss. Lauren also works with individuals who feel stuck in cycles of discouragement, self-doubt, or emotional exhaustion.
Clients experiencing depression often report feeling:
overwhelmed by responsibilities
disconnected from relationships
unmotivated or hopeless
trapped by persistent negative thoughts
Through therapy, Lauren helps individuals identify patterns that maintain depression while reconnecting with values, purpose, and meaningful life activities.
For individuals navigating grief and loss, therapy provides a supportive space to process emotions while rebuilding a sense of stability and direction.
How Lauren Treats OCD and Anxiety: ERP, CBT, and ACT
Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP)
ERP is the gold-standard treatment for OCD, backed by decades of research. Rather than avoiding feared thoughts or situations, ERP helps clients gradually face them, without performing compulsions, so the brain can learn that uncertainty is tolerable and anxiety will decrease on its own.
Over time, clients develop the ability to live fully without being controlled by intrusive thoughts or compulsive behaviors.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
CBT helps clients identify thinking patterns that fuel anxiety and OCD. Through practical strategies developed in session, clients learn to recognize unhelpful thoughts and respond to them in healthier, more flexible ways.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
ACT helps clients accept uncomfortable thoughts and emotions without being derailed by them. Rather than fighting anxiety or waiting for it to disappear, clients learn to pursue meaningful goals and live according to their values - even when anxiety is present.
Lauren integrates these approaches into a personalized treatment plan tailored to each client's specific symptoms, history, and goals.
OCD and Anxiety Treatment for Teens and Adults
Lauren works with both teenagers and adults, adapting her approach to each client's age and circumstances.
Teen clients often seek support for:
OCD rituals interfering with school, friendships, or daily routines
Social anxiety and fear of judgment
Perfectionism and academic pressure
Panic attacks
Adult clients frequently seek therapy for:
Intrusive thoughts and compulsions
Workplace anxiety and burnout
Relationship OCD (ROCD)
Parenting stress and perfectionism
Anxiety related to infertility
Postpartum OCD
Why Specialized OCD Treatment Matters
Not all therapy is created equal when it comes to OCD. Traditional talk therapy - exploring the content of intrusive thoughts, seeking insight into their meaning - can actually make OCD worse by reinforcing the cycle of obsessions and compulsions.
Effective OCD treatment requires a therapist specifically trained in ERP who understands how to guide clients through exposures safely and strategically. At Austin Anxiety and OCD Specialists, every clinician specializes in anxiety and OCD, allowing the practice to stay current with the latest research and deliver the most effective care available.
Lauren's background includes experience in Partial Hospitalization (PHP) and Intensive Outpatient Programs (IOP) for OCD and complex anxiety giving her a depth of clinical experience that is rare in outpatient private practice settings.
Telehealth OCD and Anxiety Therapy Across Texas
While Lauren sees clients in person at the Round Rock office, she also provides telehealth therapy for clients throughout Texas. Virtual sessions make specialized ERP-based treatment accessible to individuals in communities where trained OCD specialists are hard to find including Dallas, Fort Worth, San Antonio, Houston, Waco, Midland, Odessa, and beyond.
For many clients, telehealth also creates natural opportunities to practice exposures in real-life environments like home, school, or work making treatment directly applicable to everyday life.
Serving the Round Rock Community and Surrounding Cities
Lauren sees clients at Austin Anxiety and OCD Specialists' Round Rock location, providing specialized OCD and anxiety care to individuals and families across Williamson County and north Austin, including:
Round Rock
Georgetown
Cedar Park
Leander
Pflugerville
Hutto
North Austin
Schedule an Appointment for OCD or Anxiety Treatment in Round Rock
If you or your teen is struggling with OCD, intrusive thoughts, compulsions, or anxiety, specialized treatment can make a meaningful difference. Lauren Ranney provides compassionate, evidence-based therapy designed to help clients move beyond anxiety and reclaim the life they want to be living.
To schedule an appointment with Lauren at our Round Rock office, complete our appointment request form or call 512-246-7225.