About Lauren
Lauren Thompson
A proud Yorta Yorta woman living and working on Whadjuk Noongar Boodjar. Lauren is an AASW Accredited Social Worker, Play Therapist, Clinical Supervisor, and Cultural Consultant with over 15 years of experience across counselling, mental health, hospitals, youth services, schools, community wellbeing, and identity-affirming therapeutic practice.
Clinical Experience Across the Lifespan
Lauren Thompson is a proud Yorta Yorta woman with over 15 years of senior clinical experience across the lifespan, from early childhood developmental support to identity-affirming mental health care for adults and carers.
AASW Accredited Social Worker & Private Practice
Founding MobMind Collective to provide a relational, culturally safe mental health practice. Delivering Medicare-supported therapy, play therapy, and FASD-informed support with a focus on First Nations wellbeing and identity-affirming care.
Mental Health & Counselling Services
Extensive clinical experience within specialist mental health environments, delivering trauma-informed interventions and long-term therapeutic support centered on client strengths and self-determination.
Hospital & Acute Health Settings
Navigation of complex health systems, providing crisis intervention, psychosocial assessment, and cultural advocacy for families and individuals within acute hospital wards and emergency settings.
Youth Services & School-Based Support
Specialist therapeutic engagement with children and young people in community and educational frameworks. Addressing complex barriers to wellbeing, identity exploration, and developmental milestones.
Play Therapy & FASD Specialist Support
Advanced clinical focus on child-centered play therapy and FASD-informed practice. Supporting neurodivergent children and their carers through a lens of relational safety and cultural grounding.
Clinical Supervision & Cultural Consultation
Providing reflective clinical supervision for practitioners and organizations. Leading cultural consultation to embed First Nations-led perspectives and relational safety within therapeutic service delivery.
Grounded in Culture. Guided by Trust.
MobMind Collective is a practice where mental health care is intentionally shaped by culture, relationship, and deep clinical integrity. We believe that true therapeutic work requires a space that is not only clinical but human—identity-affirming, trauma-responsive, and deeply connected to the stories and strengths of the people we walk alongside.
Refining the Workforce: Beyond the Therapy Room
Clinical Supervision
Lauren provides clinical supervision for mental health practitioners, foster carers, and social workers. Grounded in relational ethics and trauma-responsiveness, her supervision offers a calm space for reflection, deepening clinical skills with integrity and identity-affirming practice.