Cianna Vaughn, MA, LCMHC-A, NCC
Clinical Manager/Primary Therapist
Cianna is a licensed clinical mental health counselor associate. She completed her master’s in clinical mental health counseling with a concentration in trauma and addiction therapy. She has worked with a wide range of age groups in college counseling, outpatient substance abuse treatment, and residential treatment. Throughout her clinical and residential experience, she has found a passion for working with adolescents and young adults with substance use issues.
Cianna employs techniques in CBT, dialectical behavior therapy, and positive psychology throughout a collaborative counseling process. Using psychoeducation, evidence-based treatments, gentle confrontation, and unconditional support, she believes that each client can separate themselves from dysfunctional patterns of behavior and achieve a higher quality of daily life. She seeks to help clients identify personal strengths and values while challenging unhealthy patterns of thought and behavior.
When not at work, Cianna enjoys hiking with her dog, Ronan, traveling to different state and national parks, and watching college basketball.
Valerie Bly, MS, LCAS
Primary Therapist
Born and raised in Northwest Indiana, Valerie has previously worked with all ages in both mental healthcare as well as addiction treatment, ranging from outpatient to residential and inpatient care. She grew up with Lake Michigan in her backyard but always felt at home in the mountains, which led to her move to beautiful North Carolina. Before returning to Indiana to complete her master’s degree in clinical counseling, she spent a year doing disaster relief as well as conservation work in the southern states. For this, the South holds a special place in her heart.
While working with Red Oak Recovery®, she strives to bring creativity, clinical expertise, and compassion to the healing experience. Valerie is a firm believer in the healing powers of the natural world everyone calls home but may have become detached from. By using a client-centered approach—along with cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), gratitude, and skill building—she hopes to help the teen males she works with develop a stronger sense of self and an ability to believe in oneself.
She aims to become an integral support for the young men who come to the Foothills at Red Oak, as well as for their families. Her ability to meet clients where they are in their journey of healing and to tailor her approach helps meet their emotional needs and future goals.
As a new resident of North Carolina, she cannot wait to explore the great outdoors and its natural beauty. Valerie likes to spend time doing home improvement projects, weightlifting, and being outdoors in the garden, on a trail, or on a walk with her rescue pup/light of her life, Brewer.
Ash Crompton
Primary Therapist
Growing up on the coast of NC, it was the desire for a change of scenery but not state that brought Ash to the mountains. Long before landing in Hendersonville NC, Ash earned an English degree from East Carolina University (Go Pirates!). After a couple of years living at the beach, Ash took a middle school teaching position and taught for the next 8 years. Teaching was the catalyst that propelled the to move to the mountains of North Carolina. While teaching Ash also attended Western Carolina University and received a Master’s degree in counseling. The time spent teaching and as a school counselor uncovered a passion for working with and providing support for adolescents. After so many years in classrooms, it became evident that this generation needs support and stability in their lives outside of school. With this in mind Ash jumped ship and transitioned to working with teenagers in a clinical setting.
Foothills at Red Oak focuses on the client as a part of their family unit; time in the school system has demonstrated the need kids have for strong supports at home. Since addiction does not only impact the person struggling with the substance use, but also those who love that person; it is important to work with families to heal and develop stronger relationships built on trust, honesty, and respect. By using a Person Centered approach as well as motivational interviewing and CBT, Ash aims to help these young men develop and foster self-confidence and a strong sense of self.
When not at work, Ash enjoys spending time outside, traveling, and whenever possible, scuba diving – not much chance for that in the mountains though.
Juliana Guinn, MA, LCAS-A, LCMHC-A
Family Therapist
Juliana Guinn is a licensed clinical mental health counselor associate and a licensed clinical addiction specialist associate. She graduated from Montreat College in Black Mountain, NC, with her master’s in clinical mental health counseling in the spring of 2022. Prior to counseling, Juliana had experience working in early intervention with children ages 1–3, as well as intensive in-home therapy with children and adolescents struggling to manage their behaviors and work through trauma and substance use concerns. Juliana has experience with family therapy, working with substance use and conducting substance use therapy groups, autism spectrum, anxiety, depression, ODD, conduct disorder, and many other mental health conditions.
Juliana’s sweet spot with counseling is teenagers and adolescents, including family therapy. She understands the importance of building trust with the teens, along with holding space for the family and strengthening relationships. Juliana uses CBT, DBT, motivational interviewing, strengths-based perspective, and mindfulness techniques and was recently trained in EMDR (eye movement desensitization and reprocessing) therapy. In her free time, Juliana loves traveling, spending time with her husband in the Blue Ridge Mountains, and taking her dog on hikes.
Carlyn Daubs, PhD, LP
Psychologist
Carlyn became part of Red Oak following the completion of her MS and Ph.D. in counseling psychology at the University of North Texas. Before her time at Red Oak, Dr. Daubs worked with children, adolescents, and families in various therapeutic environments, including a community mental health clinic, university counseling centers, an adventure program, and a therapeutic boarding school. Alongside her extensive clinical and assessment background, Dr. Daubs has developed therapeutic programs for residential centers catering to adolescents and their families.
Her research interests include family systems, parent-child attachment, internalizing and externalizing behavior problems, comorbid disorders, addiction processes, romantic attachment, and coping styles. In her spare time, Dr. Daubs enjoys running, reading, and traveling.
Get In Touch with Our Adolescent Treatment Team
Interested in talking to one of the Foothills clinical team members specializing in adolescent treatment? Reach out to Foothills at Red Oak Recovery® by dialing 828.519.5047 or filling out our online form. We’re eager to assist you and your family.
