Dr. Lisa Vaughn, LMFT

Dr. Lisa Vaughn is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) in California with 27 years of experience supporting individuals, couples, adolescents and families through relationship challenges, trauma and life transitions. She brings an integrative psychotherapist approach, blending methods from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy to meet each person where they are and address their unique needs.

Her specialties include relationship and family concerns, trauma and abuse, anger, self-esteem, stress and anxiety, addictions, grief and intimacy-related issues, as well as eating, sleeping and parenting difficulties. She also works with mood disorders such as bipolar disorder and depression, ADHD, compassion fatigue, and career or life-purpose questions. Additional areas of focus include attachment issues, communication problems, divorce and separation, forgiveness, guilt and shame, hospice and end-of-life counseling, isolation and loneliness, and pregnancy and childbirth.

Dr. Vaughn offers therapy from a Biblical perspective and practices authentic Biblical counseling, helping families identify long-standing generational patterns and dysfunctional strongholds so they can gain clearer perspective on family dynamics. Known for a warm, relaxed and comfortable approach, she works from a strength-based, affirming stance that encourages personal and emotional growth while helping clients develop practical coping skills and healthier patterns of relating.