About Sandra
Sandra Vaughn is a Licensed Professional Counselor who helps people facing anxiety, depression, stress, and life changes. She brings 23 years of experience and a practical, down-to-earth manner to each session. Sandra aims to create a calm space where clients can talk and figure out next steps.
Sandra uses a mix of client-centered work and structured techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy. Sessions focus on the issues you bring - for example sleep problems, relationship strain, addiction concerns, grief, or workplace stress.
Background and approach
She listens first and then helps people try small, doable changes. Her background includes long-term practice in Georgia working with a wide range of concerns. That experience informs how she adapts tools for different situations, whether the focus is mood, coping skills, or managing strong emotions.
She emphasizes respect and compassion in every conversation. Sessions often include practical skills, behavioral steps, and reflective conversation about personal meaning. Sandra can coach around career questions, caregiver stress, parenting strain, or navigating major life transitions.
Her approach is collaborative and paced to each person's needs. People who come to Sandra usually want clear steps as well as a listening ear. She works to help clients notice patterns, try new ways of responding, and track small wins.
The goal is steadier day-to-day functioning and clearer direction for the future.
Therapeutic approaches you can use online
Client-centered therapy focuses on the person's own goals and experience. The therapist listens closely and reflects what matters to the client, helping people clarify priorities and make decisions. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, teaches practical skills to change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns, which can help with anxiety, depression, sleep issues, and addictive behaviors. Dialectical behavior therapy, or DBT, emphasizes emotional regulation and coping skills for intense emotions and relationship challenges.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals and preferences, then try methods that fit the situation. Adjustments happen over time based on what is working and what needs to change.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls let people see facial cues and hold richer conversations. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can be easier to fit into a work break. Live chat or text-based messaging supports brief check-ins, skill practice, or ongoing tracking between sessions. These options make it easier to maintain regular care and try different formats as needs change.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 23 years
- Licensed
- Georgia
- Languages
- English