Supportive therapy: individuals, couples & groups

Well Being transitions counseling & consulting services

Navigate life's challenges with expert guidance.

Well Being Transitions Counseling and Consulting Service

Transitions Counseling

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)& Management Consults Supporting Employee Well-Being & Workplace

Healing Marriages & Relationships

Change is a natural part of life—but that doesn’t mean it’s always easy. Whether expected or sudden, life transitions can bring emotional strain, uncertainty, and a sense of being overwhelmed.

At Well Being Transitions Counseling Services (WBTCS), we offer compassionate, goal-oriented counseling to help you navigate life’s turning points with clarity and confidence.

Common transitions we support include:

Career changes or job loss
Expected or unexpected experience
Marriage or divorce
Relocation or moving
Becoming a parent
Children leaving home (empty nest)
Retirement or aging-related concerns
Loss or grief
Health diagnoses or medical changes
Shifts in identity, purpose, or faith

If you’re feeling stuck, anxious, or unsure how to move forward, you don’t have to face it alone. We’re here to walk with you through the change—at your pace, in a way that fits your values and goals.

Schedule a free consultation today and take the first step toward a smoother transition.

Healing Marriages & Relationships

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)& Management Consults Supporting Employee Well-Being & Workplace

Healing Marriages & Relationships

Relationships and marriages can go through challenging seasons, often marked by tension, disconnection, or unresolved issues.

Some of the most common concerns we help couples address include:

Mutual Respect
Preferences, Values, Expectations
Communication difficulties
Financial stress
Trust issues
Infidelity
Parenting and discipline differences
Substance use
Intimacy challenges
Chronic health conditions
Spiritual or religious differences
Traumatic
Anxiety and depression
Compassion/Empathy
Stress of new parenting
Life transitions
Cultural differences

If your relationship feels stuck or you're unsure of your next steps, we're here to help.

Call us at +1 (980) 404-2341 for a free consultation. If our services are a good fit for your needs, we’ll set up an appointment that works with your schedule.

We offer convenient video counseling/telehealth sessions to clients throughout North Carolina and Maryland, no matter where you live.

Take the first step—call us today and start moving forward.

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)& Management Consults Supporting Employee Well-Being & Workplace

Relationships and marriages can go through challenging seasons, often marked by tension, disconnection, or unresolved issues.Some of the most common concerns we help couples address include:

Mutual Respect
Preferences, Values, Expectations
Communication difficulties
Financial stress
Trust issues
Infidelity
Parenting and discipline differences
Substance use
Intimacy challenges
Chronic health conditions
Spiritual or religious differences
Traumatic
Anxiety and depression
Compassion/Empathy
Stress of new parenting
Life transitions
Cultural differences

If your relationship feels stuck or you're unsure of your next steps, we're here to help.Call us at +1 (980) 404-2341 for a free consultation. If our services are a good fit for your needs, we’ll set up an appointment that works with your schedule.We offer convenient video counseling/telehealth sessions to clients throughout North Carolina and Maryland, no matter where you live.Take the first step—call us today and start moving forward.

Managing Moods & Emotions Counseling for Anger, Depression, and Anxiety

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)& Management Consults Supporting Employee Well-Being & Workplace

Mood challenges can affect every part of life—your relationships, your career, your health, and even daily routines. When feelings become overwhelming or difficult to manage, support can make all the difference.Some of the most common concerns we help individuals address include:

Persistent sadness or depression
Excessive worry, anxiety, or panic
Irritability and anger management struggles
Mood swings that interfere with daily life
Stress that feels global or unmanageable
Relationship strain caused by mood difficulties
Career progress hindered by emotional challenges
Feeling stuck despite medication or wanting natural solutions
Exploring ways to reduce or adjust medication with medical support

At Well Being Transitions Counseling and Consulting Services (WBTCS), we believe in a whole-person approach. With your consent, we collaborate with your primary care provider and, when needed, psychiatrists to ensure medication management and holistic care are coordinated. Together, we’ll explore the roots of your moods, increase insight into triggers, and build strategies for balance and resilience.If you’re ready to take control of your mood instead of feeling controlled by it, we’re here to help.Call us at +1 (980) 404-2341 for a free consultation. If our services are a good fit for your needs, we’ll schedule an appointment that works for you.We offer convenient telehealth sessions to clients across North Carolina and Maryland. Take the first step today—support and relief are within reach.

Healing from Trauma Trauma-Focused Counseling & Support

Managing Moods & Emotions Counseling for Anger, Depression, and Anxiety

Smoking Cessation & Healthy Living Counseling for Lasting Change

Trauma can leave deep marks on both the mind and body, often showing up as anxiety, depression, nightmares, or difficulty trusting others. Whether from childhood experiences (ACEs) or events in adulthood, unresolved trauma can impact relationships, health, and overall well-being.

Some of the most common concerns we help individuals address include:

Processing Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)
Coping with post-traumatic stress symptoms
Managing triggers, flashbacks, or nightmares
Addressing anxiety and depression linked to trauma
Rebuilding a sense of safety and trust
Healing from abuse, violence, or sudden loss
Understanding how trauma affects relationships and daily functioning

At Well Being and Transitions Counseling and Consulting Services (WBTCS) we use trauma-informed approaches and offer thorough trauma and PTSD screenings to guide treatment. With your consent, we also collaborate with primary care providers, psychiatrists, and other specialists to ensure your care is comprehensive and coordinated.

You don’t have to carry the weight of trauma alone. Healing is possible—and we are here to help you move forward.

Call us at +1 (980) 355-2260 for a free consultation. If our services are a good fit for your needs, we’ll schedule an appointment that works for you.

We also offer convenient telehealth sessions throughout North Carolina. Take the first step today and begin your healing journey.

Smoking Cessation & Healthy Living Counseling for Lasting Change

Managing Moods & Emotions Counseling for Anger, Depression, and Anxiety

Smoking Cessation & Healthy Living Counseling for Lasting Change

Breaking free from smoking and creating a healthier lifestyle is possible—with the right support and tools. At Well Being Transitions Counseling and Consulting Services (WBTCS), we provide individualized care to help you reduce or quit smoking, improve coping skills, and move toward a more balanced, fulfilling life.

We use a variety of evidence-based and holistic approaches, including:

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to challenge old habits and thought patterns
Mindfulness and intuitive practices to increase awareness and self-control
Hypnotherapy to support mindset change and cravings management
Skills for improving distress tolerance and emotional regulation
Practical strategies for setting and achieving realistic health goals

Our focus is on guiding you through meaningful, achievable steps that lead to a healthier body, greater resilience, and more joy in everyday living.

Call us at +1 (980) 404-2341 for a free consultation. If our services are a good fit, we’ll schedule an appointment at a time that works for you.

We offer convenient telehealth counseling for clients across North Carolina and Maryland, making it easier to start your journey to better health—wherever you are.

Benefits of Well Being Transitions Counseling & ConsultinG

Telehealth Convenience

Smaller Practice Advantage

Telehealth Convenience

Eliminate commute time and scheduling hassles. Within your home, in your car, in your local park, you choose the location where you are comfortable. Providing clinical services in North Carolina and Maryland.

Convenient and Easy schedulling through telelhealth using a HIPAA compliant platform.

Scheduling

Smaller Practice Advantage

Telehealth Convenience

No long wait for an appointment. You will likely be seen within 48 hours of intake completion or at your convenience, which ever is sooner. Convenient flexible hours to meet the needs of busy people.

Smaller Practice Advantage

Celebration and Commitment to Diversity

At WBTCS, you will receive transparency, commitment to ethics, your unique healing processes developed collaboratively are the sole session priority based on evidence based research.

We are unlike large corporate counseling entities.When at anytime your personal well being may be sacrificed for the benefit of profit and nonclinical stakeholder preference behind the scenes that push the productivity of stressed underpaid usually newly licensed providers under the guise of 24 hour customer convenience.

Celebration and Commitment to Diversity

Unconditional positive regard. Which means you will be accepted whoever you are. We love diversityand the amazing path you have taken to arrive here today. We look forward to building that individualized professional relationship!

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Personalized, Consistent Care

Celebration and Commitment to Diversity

Holistic, Whole-Person Approach

At WBTCS, you won’t get lost in a system. You’ll work directly with a licensed therapist who knows your story, follows your progress, and adjusts treatment to fit your evolving needs. This continuity of care ensures your therapy feels personal, consistent, and focused on your long-term well-being.

Holistic, Whole-Person Approach

Celebration and Commitment to Diversity

Holistic, Whole-Person Approach

We believe healing and growth involve more than just managing symptoms. At WBTCS, counseling integrates emotional, physical, relational, and lifestyle factors, with referrals and collaboration (with your consent) to primary care providers, psychiatrists, or community resources when helpful. Our goal is to support the whole person for lasting change.

Next steps

What to expect

Insurance and Payment

If you have health insurance call your insurance customer service line to confirm your benefits, copay or coinsurance and deductible
if you will be using EAP, contact your HR to identify EAP company. Call the EAP to receive an authorization number which you will provide me along with authorization dates.

Let's Begin! There are so many ways:
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Email: Lauren@WBTCS.org,
Call 980 404 2341
Request a free brief consultation and let's get wheels rolling on feeling much better.

What date/time are you available to meet for our first full session?

I will email you a link to complete the electronic intake documentation.

I will email you a calendar link to join the appointment

Complete all electronic intake documents, asap.

Plan to join first appointment 10 minutes early to download the HIPAA compliant, secure telehealth app.

Rewarding, challenging and collaborative work ahead!

Insurance and Payment

Blue Cross Blue Shield
Tricare
Evernorth/Cigna
Aetna
Humana...

COMING SOON INN: Medicaid and Medicare

Clinical specialties and service areas include:

Treating Mental Health Disorders

Trauma-informed care without forced trauma re-exposure

Addictions treatment and recovery support

LGBTQ+ affirming therapy

Maternal and perinatal/post partum mental health

Specialist in Military and veteran/family mental health & stressors of the deployment cycle

Intuitive eating; bariatric behavioral health (pre- and post-surgical support)

Smoking cessation (documented success rate exceeding 90%)

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy/Cognitive Behavioral Therapist-Insomnia Certificate

Career, workplace, and leadership-related mental health concerns

Cultural Humility & Ethnic/Racial Identity

Critical Incident Response Certificate and critical incident support

Community health education and workforce wellness programming

Psychoeducation/EAP and Insurance Presentations to Corporate groups

Parenting challenging, complex or nuerodivergent Children

Hypnotherapy Certifications

Codependence; health boundaries

Stress Management

Communication

Assertiveness Training

Our Approach

Insurance and Payment

Our Approach

Our approach to therapy is rooted in empathy, compassion, and non-judgment. We strive to create a safe and supportive environment where our clients feel comfortable exploring their thoughts and feelings, and where they can develop the skills and tools they need to thrive.

R.E.SP.E.C.T.F.U.L.Community Counseling

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

CBT-Insomnia

Stages of Change
Humanistic Therapy
Eclectic Therapy
Transtheoretical Therapy
Motivational Interviewing
Gestalt Therapy
Mindfulness
Trauma-Focused Therapy
Identity Development
Hypnotherapy
Eye Movement Integration Therapy
Somatic Therapy
Exposure Therapy
Grief Counseling
Talk Therapy

Interprofessional Collaborative Office (we provide seamless services with your medical team)

…and many more

Corporate Partnerships

Organizational contracts and partnerships

Greetings! If you are from an organization seeking to explore a contract relationship or partnership, please do not hesitate to contact Lead Therapist, Lauren Dornell-Neal, LCMHC, LCPC, LCAS, global/mobile licensed mental health clinician, EAP Specialist, Military Family Life Professional and full spectrum doula (birth and death). Lauren, is an entrepreneur, a Certified Critical Incident Stress Responder, an EAP local affiliate providing presentations on your benefits in corporate offices and at health fairs, an EAP Management Consultant, as well as a Consultant/Trainer on how to address "undiscussables" (difficult topics) in the workplace with grace, a DEI panel expert, Emotional Emancipation Facilitator, Community Health Worker supporting Maternal Health, Community Presenter on Mental Health theme, Speaker at colleges/universities regarding entrance into the mental health field and my experience over 12 years leading large FB/LI groups in managing stressful barriers to full licensure. WBTCS is your community outreach partner, and we look forward to learning more about how we can support your organizational goals.

Supportive therapy: individuals, couples & groups

Well Being transitions counseling & consulting services

Discover a Healthier, happier, more centered you

Destination: Peace of Mind at Well Being Transitions Counseling and Consulting Services (WBTCS)

Well Being Transitions Counseling and Consulting Service

Transitions Counseling

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)& Management Consults Supporting Employee Well-Being & Workplace

Healing Marriages & Relationships

Healing Marriages & Relationships

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)& Management Consults Supporting Employee Well-Being & Workplace

Healing Marriages & Relationships

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)& Management Consults Supporting Employee Well-Being & Workplace

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)& Management Consults Supporting Employee Well-Being & Workplace

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)& Management Consults Supporting Employee Well-Being & Workplace

Managing Moods & Emotions Counseling for Anger, Depression, and Anxiety

Managing Moods & Emotions Counseling for Anger, Depression, and Anxiety

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)& Management Consults Supporting Employee Well-Being & Workplace

Healing from Trauma Trauma-Focused Counseling & Support

Managing Moods & Emotions Counseling for Anger, Depression, and Anxiety

Smoking Cessation & Healthy Living Counseling for Lasting Change

Smoking Cessation & Healthy Living Counseling for Lasting Change

Managing Moods & Emotions Counseling for Anger, Depression, and Anxiety

Smoking Cessation & Healthy Living Counseling for Lasting Change

Benefits of Well Being Transitions Counseling & ConsultinG

Telehealth Convenience

Smaller Practice Advantage

Telehealth Convenience

Scheduling

Smaller Practice Advantage

Telehealth Convenience

Smaller Practice Advantage

Smaller Practice Advantage

Celebration and Commitment to Diversity

Celebration and Commitment to Diversity

Celebration and Commitment to Diversity

Celebration and Commitment to Diversity

Personalized, Consistent Care

Celebration and Commitment to Diversity

Holistic, Whole-Person Approach

Holistic, Whole-Person Approach

Celebration and Commitment to Diversity

Holistic, Whole-Person Approach

Next steps

What to expect

Insurance and Payment

Insurance and Payment

Insurance and Payment

Insurance and Payment

Insurance and Payment

Our Approach

Insurance and Payment

Our Approach

MEET Your Lead Therapist

Lauren Dornell-Neal, LCMHC, LCAS, LCPC

Corporate Partnerships

Organizational contracts and partnerships

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