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 hospitals, a Veterans Administration hospital, partial hospital programs, and outpatient private practice. She commonly helps people with depression, anxiety, trust issues, shame, and other emotional concerns.

Her background blends interpersonal, psychodynamic, and cognitive behavior approaches. She places value on the therapeutic relationship and being fully present during sessions. Jorrene says she aims to help people understand themselves and find direction rather than prescribing solutions.

Clients can expect straightforward conversations focused on what matters to them. She generally avoids giving direct orders and only occasionally offers advice. The work tends to address emotion patterns, relationship strains, and coping with life transitions.

Over decades of clinical work she has seen how a steady, genuine relationship supports progress. She draws on techniques from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, cognitive behavioral ideas, mindfulness, and psychodynamic thinking depending on the issue. That mix informs practical steps and reflective exploration.

People seek her help for a wide range of concerns including anger, grief, addictions, intimacy and parenting challenges, career stress, and compassion fatigue. She also addresses attachment and family-of-origin matters, control and impulsivity problems, and body image or eating related issues. If you want to talk through patterns and find clearer options, she focuses on helping you do that.

Approaches used in online sessions