- Licensed inArkansas
- License3738-C
- NPI 1689634255
- Experience31+ years
- LanguagesEnglish
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About Vaughn
Dr. Vaughn DeCoster helps people who are feeling worn down by stress, anxiety, relationship strain, grief, or life changes. He speaks plainly and aims to make the first step feel manageable.
With a calm, steady presence he focuses on practical ways to ease distress and build resilience. He is a licensed clinical social worker - LCSW - with 31 years of experience. He combines approaches that address feelings, thoughts, and behaviors.
Background and approach
Sessions are collaborative: the client’s experience guides the work while the therapist offers tools to try and adjust as needed. DeCoster uses Attachment-Based perspectives to understand how close relationships shape emotions and coping. He also draws on client-centered methods to follow each person’s pace and priorities, and cognitive behavioral techniques to identify patterns that keep problems going.
Mindfulness practices and emotionally-focused ideas help people get more present with strong feelings. His experience includes helping people with trauma and abuse, intimacy-related concerns, compassion fatigue, LGBT issues, ADHD, and caregiver stress among many other challenges. He has also worked in academic settings and brings teaching experience into therapy when it helps someone understand their situation.
People can expect sessions that are practical, adaptive, and respectful of their time. Dr. DeCoster aims to find strategies that fit each person’s life and to change course when something isn’t working.
He encourages curiosity and steady steps toward clearer goals.
Credentials
- LCSW (Arkansas)
- License 3738-C · expires August 2026
- NPI
- 1689634255 · national provider identifier
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Focus areas and approaches
Everything Vaughn lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Compassion fatigue
- LGBT
- Grief
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Emptiness
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Self-harm
- Sexuality
Approaches Vaughn names
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Therapeutic approaches for online care
Dr. DeCoster commonly draws on Attachment-Based Therapy to look at how past and current close relationships shape feelings and patterns. This approach helps people notice how safety and connection or the lack of them influence stress, intimacy, and trust issues.He also uses Client-Centered Therapy, which means sessions follow the person’s pace and priorities. The therapist listens closely, reflects what comes up, and collaborates on next steps so the work feels relevant and manageable. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is another tool he uses to spot unhelpful thought and behavior patterns and to try small experiments that can change daily functioning.
Finding the right approach is part of therapy. He will work with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences. That collaborative process may mix approaches and shift over time as progress is made.
Online sessions can include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is useful when visual connection helps the work. Phone calls can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a simpler check-in is needed. Live chat and messaging suit shorter check-ins, ongoing coaching, or people who prefer writing. These options make scheduling easier and let therapy fit into busy lives.
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Frequently asked
What kinds of concerns does he help with?
He works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy issues, trauma and abuse, grief, caregiver stress, compassion fatigue, ADHD, career concerns, and related life changes.
What is his therapy style like?
He practices in a collaborative, client-centered way and mixes practical techniques with reflective work. Sessions focus on what is useful and are adjusted as needs change.
How much clinical experience does he have?
He brings 31 years of clinical experience as a licensed social worker and former university professor to his practice.
What are his credentials and where is he located?
He is an LCSW licensed in Arkansas and provides services from that region.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with him?
He does not accept international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
He offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How are fees and getting started handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to availability.
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