01 · Who Lorine works with

Lorine works with stress, Anxiety, addictions and trauma and abuse

Lorine lists 16 specialisms and 11 further focus areas. Specialisms are the subjects Lorine chose to list first, which is the closest a listing gets to “this is my actual practice”.

02 · In Lorine's own words

What Lorine says about the work

Reproduced in full and unedited - not summarised, not tightened, not rewritten in a house voice.

My name is Lorine Kean-Vaughn and I am a LCSW with the state of Michigan for over 20 years, working in the Mental Health and Substance Abuse field. I have worked with adults who has a variety of concerns in different areas, including dual diagnosis in a residential and hospital setting.

I believe in Person Centered Approach and with a compassion for others and a dream and desire to improve the quality of life for others. I treat others with dignity and respect and meet you where you are and improve your life at your own pace. I recommend you for seeking help and I look forward to working with you.

Specialties: Stress Mood disorders Depression Anxiety Self Esteem Bi-Polar

Experience 20 years

Lorine Kean-Vaughn, on the BetterHelp listing · read 9 Oct 2026

03 · How Lorine works

The 4 approaches Lorine lists, in plain English

These are the clinical methods Lorine lists. The descriptions are Maker Therapy's, not Lorine's - a general explanation of what each method is, so the list means something before you have spoken to anybody. They are not a claim about how Lorine runs a session.

Cognitive Behavioural TherapyCBT

Structured, present-focused work on the loop between what you think, how you feel and what you then do. Usually means noticing a thought pattern in the room, testing it against evidence, and practising something different between sessions. Among the most heavily researched talking therapies for depression and anxiety.

Mindfulness-Based TherapyMBCT

Trains attention on what is happening right now - body, breath, the thought as it arrives - so distress can be observed rather than automatically acted on. Strongest evidence is in preventing depression from recurring, and it is usually taught as a practice you keep doing outside the session.

Solution-Focused Brief TherapySFBT

Starts from where you want to end up rather than from how you got here. Sessions look for the times the problem is already smaller and work out what is different about those, so the number of sessions tends to be short and the work concrete.

Trauma-Focused TherapyTF-CBT · trauma-informed

CBT adapted for people whose difficulty is rooted in a frightening or overwhelming event. Pacing is the point: safety and stabilisation come first, the memory itself is approached gradually and only when you are ready, and the aim is that recalling it stops hijacking the present.

04 · What happens next

From this page to a first session

Lorine practises through BetterHelp, so the route in is BetterHelp's. This is that sequence, written by Maker Therapy from the platform's published process - not a description of Lorine's own practice, and not a promise about how quickly anything happens.

1. A questionnaire, not a booking form

   BetterHelp opens with a set of questions about what you are dealing with, what you want from therapy, and any preferences on the therapist. You are not booking Lorine at this point.

2. Naming Lorine specifically

   BetterHelp matches algorithmically by default, so asking for Lorine is a step you have to take. There is a field for requesting a specific therapist during sign-up, and you can switch afterwards from your account. Starting from a link on this page does not by itself assign you to Lorine.

3. If the caseload is full

   You will be offered somebody else rather than put on a waitlist. Worth knowing, because it is easy to assume a match is the person you asked for.

4. The first conversation

   A first session is typically history and orientation: what brought you, what has been tried, what you want to be different. It is also where the questions in the next section belong.

5. If the fit is wrong

   Changing therapist on BetterHelp does not need a reason. A first session that does not click is common and is not a verdict on therapy. That option existing is the main practical difference between a platform and a private practice.

05 · Before you commit

2 questions worth asking Lorine

Built from what Lorine actually lists, so they are answerable and specific rather than generic. Maker Therapy's, not Lorine's - Lorine has not seen them and is under no obligation to answer any of them.

• “How do you decide when someone is ready to work on a traumatic memory itself?”

  Pacing is the biggest safety question in trauma work. A clear, unhurried answer here matters more than any credential.

• “How do you handle the gap between sessions if something comes up?”

  On BetterHelp this varies a great deal by therapist. Better to know the rhythm now than to discover it on a bad week.

06 · Practical details

Credentials and licensing

Credential

LMSW

Licensed in

Michigan

Licence

MI LMSW 6801072139

Licence number

6801072139

Licence expires

6 Sep 2028

NPI

1417388976

Years in practice

3

Gender

Female

Languages

English

International clients

Accepted

Listed since

9 Jun 2026

07 · Provenance

Where every line on this page came from

Lorine's name, credential, state, subjects, approaches and biography are read from BetterHelp's therapist roster, which Maker Therapy re-reads once a day; this page reflects the reading taken on 9 Oct 2026. The licence number and NPI are cross-checked against public registers.

The plain-English method descriptions, the first-session walkthrough and the questions are written by Maker Therapy and labelled as such wherever they appear.

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