About Emily
Emily Vaughan welcomes people who feel stuck, overwhelmed, or unsure where to begin. She writes plainly and listens closely, helping clients name what matters and take small steps toward change. Emily is an LPCC licensed professional clinical counselor practicing in Kentucky with 19 years of experience.
She focuses on common struggles such as stress, anxiety, depression, and addictions. She also supports people facing relationship and intimacy questions, parenting strain, career stress, and issues around self-esteem.
How Emily works
Emily works with concerns related to grief over separation, attachment wounds, codependency, and chronic health challenges. In sessions she adapts the conversation to each person's needs. Emily uses practical tools from cognitive behavioral approaches and mindfulness to help change unhelpful patterns.
She also draws on acceptance and commitment ideas to clarify values and motivational interviewing to build momentum toward goals. Her style is straightforward and compassionate. She aims to create a space where people feel respected and heard while they practice new ways of coping.
Therapy often includes short skill-building exercises, reflections on patterns, and collaborative goal-setting. People who choose Emily tend to be looking for concrete strategies and steady support during life changes. She helps translate insight into doable steps so daily life becomes more manageable and meaningful.
Emily lists 6 ways of working on the entry:
What Emily works with
The areas below are the ones Emily selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | LPCC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 19 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Kentucky |
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Online support options
How Emily’s approaches work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and focus on actions that match their values. It is useful when someone wants clearer direction and practical steps rather than only talking about feelings. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and offers concrete tools to change patterns that keep problems going. It often helps with anxiety, depression, and stress by teaching experiments and coping skills.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Emily collaborates with each person to choose methods that fit their goals and preferences. Together they try strategies, track what helps, and adjust the plan so sessions stay useful and relevant.
Online therapy offers several practical advantages. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when a fuller interaction is helpful. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging let people send quick updates, work through immediate moments, or continue progress between longer sessions. These options make it easier to maintain regular contact and apply new skills in day-to-day life.
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