About Lisa
Dr. Lisa Vaughn uses a relationship-focused, integrative approach to therapy.
Background and approach
She blends practical tools with attentive listening to help people sort through stress, anxiety, grief, and relationship pain. Dr.
Vaughn is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with 27 years of experience in California and works from a strengths-based perspective. She helps people handle trauma and abuse, addiction, mood concerns such as depression and bipolar disorder, and problems with self-esteem and anger.
She also supports people facing caregiving and end-of-life concerns, parenting strain, pregnancy and childbirth issues, and career or life-purpose questions. Additional focuses include attachment issues, communication problems, divorce and separation, and coping with major life changes.
Her clinical approach draws on methods like Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Attachment-Based Therapy, and Client-Centered Therapy. Sessions emphasize clear skills, emotional understanding, and real-world steps clients can try between meetings.
The work mixes emotion-focused conversation with concrete strategies for managing mood, behavior, and difficult interactions. Dr.
Vaughn offers multiple remote formats including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Therapy uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time and varies in cost by location and practitioner availability.
Sessions are provided in English to those located in California. To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
The process is aimed at matching needs, goals, and personal preferences with a licensed professional.
Therapeutic approaches and online care that fit your life
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and commit to actions that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, and making meaning when life feels stuck. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying patterns of thinking and behavior that keep problems going and then trying specific steps to change them, which often helps with mood, sleep, and anxiety. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns affect current bonds and communication; it can help with intimacy issues, attachment worries, and family dynamics.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, needs, and preferences and then shape sessions around what actually helps. That collaborative process guides whether more skills-based work, emotion-focused conversations, or relationship-focused steps are used.
Online therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone calls can fit a lunch break or shorter check-in. Live chat and text messaging work well for quick check-ins, written reflection, or when typing feels easier than talking. These options help people keep therapy consistent when schedules or travel make in-person visits difficult.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- 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