Teaching and trainings

Aside from counseling and psychotherapy, Lauren is is passionate about education. She loves imparting the subjects she teaches in engaging and digestible ways. Her firm understanding of pedagogy fosters learning through strong leadership, clear communication, experiential activities, and meaningful discussions. Lauren’s experience ranges from teaching to graduate students in counseling programs to residents and employees in retirement communities.

Past topics include but are not limited to:

Thanatology: The study of death and dying

Students complete this course with a declarative and practical understanding of loss, death, and grief in the clinical setting and the impact of these factors across the lifespan on the individual, relational, and societal levels of being.

Counseling older adults

The objectives for this course include students (1) examining aging and old age through a psychosociocultural lens, (2) exploring the presentation of common mental health issues in older adulthood, and (3) gaining practical skills when working with older adults in the clinical setting.

Grief and Loss

Students in this adult-education course gain a declarative knowledge of grief and loss and an understanding of how these experiences are shaped by personal, relational, cultural, and lifespan factors.

The biology of aging

After the completion of the course, students understand the facets of the aging process, can identify signs of healthy and unhealthy aging, and can describe various age-related diseases.

Testimonials

"The professor, Lauren Hunter, was so passionate about the topic and was willing to answer any questions which helped keep me engaged. I enjoyed the way the professor structured the course [...] to make the content more easily absorbed."

-Former graduate counseling student (Loyola University)
"Extremely well organized, engaging and thoughtful assignments, excellent and clear teaching."

-Former graduate counseling student (Loyola University)
"Because [thanatology] is a summer course it was short I wish it could be offered as a full or spring semester course with professor Lauren Hunter teaching it."

-Former graduate counseling student (Loyola University)
"Lauren has developed as an effective presenter and her lecture to my class is one of my students' highlights of the semester. I am grateful for her excellent presentations as she shares her excitement for the field with my students."

Dr. David King, LPC (Mid-Atlantic Christian University)
"Her delivery was engaging, striking a balance between dignity and warmth, while addressing a crucial aspect of the human experience. She provided a comfortable environment that invited meaningful conversation and reflection."

-Jennifer Credeur, LCSW (Director of Social Services at a Retirement Community)