is a licensed professional counselor in Alabama and Georgia and a Clinical Assistant Professor in Clinical Mental Health Counseling, The University of Alabama, where she also maintains an active clinical practice.  She has more than 30 years of experience working with patients and clients in oncology, end of life, hospice, and palliative care settings.  Vaughans is the recipient of multiple professional awards including the Alabama Counseling Association’s Outstanding Practitioner Award.  Her primary therapy focus is bereavement-related loss and grief, and non-finite losses.  She is a frequent presenter and consultant on grief and transitions-related topics, including coaching employees in work settings on “grief etiquette” and assisting families in making difficult transitions to care facilities.