- Stress and anxiety
- Attachment and abandonment
- Trauma and abuse
About Elyse
Elyse Vaughn is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) in California with 15 years of experience. She works with adults who are carrying heavy feelings like guilt and shame, anxiety, stress, low self-esteem, relationship pain, and depression. She also focuses on issues such as abandonment, attachment concerns, communication problems, and recovery from trauma and abuse.
Her sessions are collaborative. Elyse treats people as the expert on their own lives and helps them notice strengths they may have stopped seeing. She listens for patterns in relationships, family history, and cultural background that shape how someone responds to shame or blame.
In practical terms she helps people name what they feel and trace how that feeling affects behavior and relationships. Conversations often include looking at past family of origin dynamics, forgiveness questions, and how attachment patterns show up now. She also works with problems that can follow crises like infidelity, divorce, or domestic violence.
Elyse uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to guide the work while keeping sessions focused on what matters most to each person. Sessions aim to increase clarity, reduce repetitive self-blame, and improve communication with others. Her approach is steady and straightforward, with an emphasis on usable steps between sessions.
People who contact Elyse can expect a direct, relational style that balances practical strategies and reflection. She offers care mindful of multicultural concerns and life-stage issues such as midlife shifts and decisions about purpose.
How evidence-based approaches are used in online sessions
Evidence-based therapeutic techniques help structure conversation and skill building. One common approach focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns and testing small changes. This can help when guilt or shame leads to avoidance, panic, or relationship withdrawal.Another approach attends to attachment and relationship patterns. Sessions look at how early family dynamics or abandonment experiences influence current reactions and communication. That work often includes practical communication skills and experiments to try between sessions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work and will be collaborative. The therapist will discuss options, try approaches that fit the person’s needs and goals, and adjust as progress and preferences become clear.
Confirm current session options before booking because formats are not specified in the biography. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into busy days, allow shorter check-ins when a full hour isn’t needed, and remove travel time that can block consistent attendance. Many people find that remote sessions help maintain momentum while they apply new skills in everyday life.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Experience
15+ years
Listed in
California
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She works with adults on stress, anxiety, relationship problems, trauma and abuse, self-esteem issues, and depression. Additional focus areas include guilt and shame, abandonment, communication problems, and infidelity.
How would she approach feelings of shame from childhood?
She listens for family of origin patterns and attachment issues that shape shame. Work often includes tracing those patterns and trying different ways of relating in the present.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is collaborative and straightforward. She uses evidence-based techniques while helping people identify practical steps to reduce repetitive self-blame.
What background and experience does she have?
She has 15 years of professional experience as a therapist. That experience includes helping people recover from relationship injuries and traumatic events.
Where is she licensed and what are her credentials?
She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) licensed in California. Her practice is based in California.
Does she work in languages other than English or with international clients?
Sessions are offered in English. She is not accepting international clients.
How are sessions scheduled and what does it cost?
Cost varies by location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. Exact pricing is provided during the sign-up process.
How do I begin a first session?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule a first session through the platform.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.