About Brittany
Brittany Vaughn helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, or life changes. She meets clients where they are and focuses on clear, practical steps to make daily life easier. Brittany uses straightforward language and a calm approach so people can start making progress quickly.
She earned a Bachelor of Social Work from Southern Illinois University in December 2012 and a Master of Social Work in May 2014.
How Brittany works
For several years she provided therapy in a residential program for adolescents who had experienced extreme trauma. She later worked in public schools in Williamson County offering therapy to students with a range of concerns, including behavior disturbances. More recently she has provided outpatient therapy to children, adolescents, and adults.
Her twelve years of experience include helping people process trauma, cope with anxiety and depression, and rebuild confidence after difficult events. She also supports those facing parenting stress, relationship challenges, and career transitions. Brittany draws from client-centered therapy to follow each person's priorities and build trust.
She combines that with practical tools from cognitive behavioral and dialectical behavior approaches. Mindfulness and motivational interviewing are used to strengthen coping skills and motivation for change. Her work is direct and goal oriented.
Sessions focus on identifying manageable steps, practicing skills, and tracking progress. Brittany aims to help people notice small gains that add up to better days.
Brittany lists 9 ways of working on the entry:
What Brittany works with
The areas below are the ones Brittany selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 12 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Illinois |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Client-centered therapy means the therapist follows the person's priorities and listens carefully to what matters most. This approach helps people feel heard and guides which goals to work on first.Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing small behavior changes. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and coping with stressful situations because it gives practical steps to try between sessions.
Dialectical behavior therapy adds skills for managing intense emotions and improving coping under pressure. These techniques help with impulsivity, anger, and problems that come from strong emotional reactions.
Choosing the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with the person about their needs, goals, and preferences and then try techniques that fit. Plans are adjusted over time based on what helps most.
Online sessions are offered by licensed professionals using video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can be a good fit when bandwidth is limited, live chat works for shorter check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing, brief exchanges between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and keep momentum between sessions.
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