I’m Cristen Vaughan

I love long conversations that wander and circle back.

I love noticing patterns and exploring them.

I love the ordinary magic of being alive…

The sound of the wind moving through the trees

Finding a moment of clarity.

And I love sitting with people as they find their way back to authenticity.

My work is in the in-between spaces of life.

Where something is ending as it gives birth to something new,

I sit with you, in the here and now.

I honor. I witness. I reflect.

I trust that you carry a deep inner wisdom.

Even if you’ve forgotten how to access it.

Together, we make space for

The grief, the longing, the confusion, the beauty, the becoming.

We will explore you in all your complexity

And we will seek more acceptance, more alignment, and more authenticity.

I love being here…

In this strange, beautiful, painful, miraculous experience of being human.

I started Runa Collective from the belief that healing, growth, and transformation happen most deeply in connection. We are not meant to navigate this life alone, and that the work itself becomes a kind of collective unfolding when we sit together with honesty, curiosity, and care.

I am a graduate student in the MSW program at the University of Montana and I am a Licensed Addiction Counselor Candidate. I currently offer coaching only.

My therapy services will begin in September 2026.