Vaida Kazlauskaite

Vaida Kazlauskaite, Ph.D., MFT Intern, is an Assistant Professor of Couples and Family Therapy at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). She combines academic scholarship with clinical practice to inform her therapeutic work.

She works with families, couples, and individuals and her areas of focus include depression, anxiety, and death, dying, and grief. With specialized training as a Medical Family Therapist, she helps clients navigate communication about terminal and chronic illnesses and addresses the relationships, work challenges, and life transitions that accompany illness.

Her research, published in Family, Systems, and Health and Contemporary Family Therapy, informs an evidence-informed, client-centered approach that supports communication and coping through difficult medical and relational challenges.