Brittany Vaughn , LCSW

Brittany Vaughn is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Illinois who helps people manage anxiety, depression, and the lasting effects of traumatic events. She partners with clients to clarify goals, identify practical steps, and reduce the ways symptoms interfere with day-to-day life. Processing trauma is a central part of her work, and she supports people at any stage of recovery whether the event occurred recently or years earlier.

Brittany is a Southern Illinois native who completed a Bachelor of Social Work at Southern Illinois University in December 2012 and a Master of Social Work in May 2014. Her post-graduate work includes providing therapy to adolescents with significant trauma in a residential setting, offering school-based therapy in Williamson County to students with a range of disorders including behavior disturbances, and treating children, adolescents, and adults in outpatient settings for multiple years.

Her clinical focus covers stress and anxiety, trauma and abuse, parenting and family concerns, self-esteem and depression, relationship issues, eating and anger concerns, ADHD and bipolar-related challenges, and career or life-purpose questions. She also addresses needs related to adoption and foster care, first responder and veteran issues, compulsive behaviors, and coping with major life changes. As an LCSW - a license that designates clinical training in social work - she brings twelve years of experience and a collaborative, client-centered approach to helping people improve their quality of life.

Approaches and Online Care with Brittany Vaughn

Brittany uses Client-Centered Therapy to create a supportive, nonjudgmental space where the client’s priorities shape the work. This approach emphasizes empathy and collaboration and is helpful for building self-awareness, strengthening relationships, and navigating changes in life.

She also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help people identify unhelpful thought and behavior patterns and develop practical coping strategies. CBT is often used for anxiety, depression, stress management, and problems that benefit from skill-based interventions.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) informs her work when emotion regulation and interpersonal effectiveness are primary concerns. DBT provides concrete skills for managing intense emotions, reducing impulsive actions, and improving communication in relationships.

Brittany treats finding the right approach as a collaborative process. She helps clients explore which methods match their goals, preferences, and life circumstances, and adjusts the plan as progress and needs evolve.

Online therapy allows Brittany to offer video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which can make scheduling easier and support continuity of care for people with busy lives, caregiving responsibilities, or limited local options. These options aim to increase flexibility and make consistent therapeutic work more accessible for a wide range of needs.