About Lisa
Dr. Lisa Vaughn is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) with 27 years of clinical experience. She focuses on anxiety among many concerns and offers steady, down-to-earth support to people who feel overwhelmed.
Her style is warm and straightforward, aiming to help clients talk through what matters most to them. She uses a mix of practical therapies to match each person's needs. Sessions often include tools from cognitive behavioral work to manage thoughts and behaviors, and strategies from acceptance-based approaches to reduce struggle with difficult feelings.
Background and approach
She also draws on attachment ideas to help people improve how they connect with others. Her background includes long experience helping people cope with relationship problems, trauma and abuse, grief, and stress. She also supports people dealing with addictions, mood concerns like depression and bipolar, and issues with self-esteem or anger.
Parenting, sleep and eating problems, career transitions, and questions about life purpose are also within her scope. Dr. Vaughn blends talk therapy with skills practice.
Clients can expect clear steps, homework when helpful, and chances to try new ways of handling hard moments. She respects faith when it is important to a client and integrates spiritual values when requested. Based in California, she conducts sessions in English and offers a range of online options.
People start by completing a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a first session through the Start Therapy button.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice and accept difficult thoughts and feelings while committing to actions that matter. It is often used for anxiety, stress, and problems with motivation. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thought patterns and trying small behavior changes to reduce symptoms and improve daily functioning. It is commonly chosen for anxiety, sleep or eating concerns, and mood problems. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns affect current bonds and communication, and it can help people who want healthier ways to connect.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences and then recommend or blend approaches that fit. This is a collaborative process and may shift as needs change over time.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care more flexible. Video calls are useful for a full conversation and reading nonverbal cues. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or for a focused check-in. Live chat or text-based messaging can be effective for brief updates, skill coaching between sessions, or when writing feels easier than speaking. These options help people fit therapy into busy schedules and different life situations.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Parenting issues
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Stress, Anxiety
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Experience
- 27 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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