Lauren Weingarten
is a Credentialed Victim Advocate (NACP) and Certified Trauma Support Specialist (Trauma Institute International) and the voice behind the popular Instagram account @mtmvcommunity, one of the first social media-based support communities. Lauren worked in TV / Film production for over a decade before having her own MeToo experience. Since then she has found purpose in understanding trauma and leading conversations surrounding sexual violence. She created the MTMV Community Support Network to build and foster community amongst survivors and their supporters.
Lauren has created and facilitated trainings on Building Online Communities for Survivors on behalf of the North Carolina Coalition Against Sexual Assault (NCCASA). Additionally, she frequently leads How to Better Support The Survivors In Your Life and other survivor writing & storytelling workshops. Her knowledge and experience allows her to thrive as a consultant in areas surrounding trauma-informed care and practices, building communities, sexual violence awareness, and safer sets for tv/film production. She is currently consulting with University of Washington’s Center for an Informed Public on research surrounding how high-profile abuses cases impact survivors and their communities and various law firms on how to foster survivor-informed care for their clients.
Notable Professional Trainings
Rainn NSAH 20 hour Online Training
Office of Victim of Crime 40-hour Victim Advocate Training
Creating a Trauma-Informed Workplace
Responding to Anti-trans Cultures of Hate
Group Therapy: Evidence Based Strategies
Seeking Safety Facilitator Training
Comprehensive Victim Interviewing
Enhancing Sexual Assault Services
Domestic Abuse in Later Life
Trauma-informed Approaches to Hate Violence
Echo Training Trauma & Resiliency Train the Trainer Summer Academy
Trauma-Informed Peer Support Across the Lifespan
Intimate Partner Violence in LGBTQ+ Communities
ASL Level 3.0
Away from MTMV you can find her taking long walks or eating pizza with her pup named Tofu.
When Lauren is not leading groups or working directly with survivors, she is producing video content, leading trainings, or consulting. She also develops original educational resources for both survivors and professionals to use independently at home or together in the office, including workbooks, affirmation decks, and informative, supportive graphic artwork.
