Jorrene Vaughn, LMSW

Jorrene Vaughn is a Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) practicing in Michigan with 32 years of experience. She has worked in psychiatric settings, a Veteran's Administration hospital, partial hospital programs, and in outpatient private practice. Her work includes a wide range of concerns such as depression, anxiety, trust issues, shame, and other emotional difficulties. She lists family of origin issues among her focus areas.

Vaughn draws on psychodynamic ideas, cognitive behavioral methods, and interpersonal perspectives she learned through long clinical experience. She values a genuine therapeutic relationship and emphasizes being fully present with the person in front of her. That relationship is the context where practical change and clearer direction can emerge.

In sessions she aims to help people understand patterns that repeat in their lives and to find direction that fits their goals. She generally avoids telling clients what to do and gives advice only rarely. Instead she offers observations, questions, and reflections to clarify thinking and feeling.

Her approach mixes talking about past and present life, noticing thoughts and behaviors, and trying small experiments to test new ways of coping. That can include learning skills from cognitive behavioral therapy and acceptance and commitment methods, while also attending to longstanding relationship patterns rooted in early family experiences.

Many people who come to her want to address stress, relationship struggles, grief, addiction-related concerns, parenting pressures, or issues around self-esteem and attachment. Sessions focus on practical steps and clearer self-understanding that can be used outside the therapy hour.

How her approaches translate to online work