Amanda Vaughan , LMHC

Amanda Vaughan is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor with 13 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, and trauma. She works with adults facing concerns like addiction, grief, intimacy questions, parenting stress, and issues related to gender and sexual identity. Amanda practices in Massachusetts and speaks English. Her style is warm, direct, and nonjudgmental. Sessions focus on practical skills and clear steps people can use between meetings. She often teaches mindfulness and coping tools to help reduce reactivity and build calm. Amanda draws from several approaches to match each person's needs. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people spot and change unhelpful thinking. Dialectical Behavior Therapy gives concrete skills for emotion regulation and distress tolerance. Client-centered work keeps the conversation focused on what matters most to the client. She has experience in crisis intervention, group work, and intensive treatment settings. That background shapes an approach that balances safety, structure, and personal values. Amanda pays attention to attachment patterns and family history when those issues come up. People come to Amanda for short-term skill building or longer work on core patterns. She collaborates on goals and adjusts methods as progress is made. Amanda emphasizes practical change and steady support while people work through difficult life transitions.

How Amanda Uses Evidence-Based Approaches Online

Amanda commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy in online work. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people identify patterns of thought that contribute to anxiety or depression and then practice different responses. Dialectical Behavior Therapy focuses on emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and improving communication skills for highly charged moments.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Amanda will talk with each person about their goals and preferences, then try methods that seem likely to help. She adjusts tools and pacing based on how someone responds and what fits their daily life.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls let people have a face-to-face conversation; phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a quick check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging work well for brief updates, skill coaching between sessions, or when typed communication feels more comfortable. These options let people fit sessions into work breaks, travel, or busy household routines while keeping treatment consistent and accessible.