Andrea Deases

Andrea Deases, LPC, approaches therapy with empathy and practical focus. She listens first, then helps set clear goals. Sessions are aimed at reducing immediate distress and building skills for everyday life. Andrea emphasizes collaboration so people feel part of the process.

Andrea earned a Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from the University of Texas at Tyler. She has practiced in Texas since 2016 and brings five years of counseling experience to her work. That experience includes crisis centers and community counseling settings where she supported people through depression, bipolar challenges, and other serious stressors.

She has worked with children, teens, and adults in community centers to improve communication, set boundaries, and strengthen home routines. Andrea also helps adults navigate anxiety, life transitions, loss, low self-esteem, and broader self-growth concerns. Her background includes supporting people affected by trauma, adoption and foster care issues, attachment-related struggles, and workplace stress.

Andrea uses a mix of approaches chosen to fit each person. She draws on client-centered methods that follow the person’s pace, cognitive behavioral techniques to change unhelpful thinking and behavior, and narrative and solution-focused ideas to reframe problems and find practical steps forward. Mindfulness and dialectical skills also appear when helpful for emotion regulation.

Her style is straightforward and warm. Andrea works to create simple, doable steps clients can practice between sessions. She invites anyone dealing with stress, grief, anger, mood concerns, or relationship and family challenges to consider whether her approach might fit their needs.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online work

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on following the person's lead and creating a respectful space. Online sessions using this mindset let the therapist tune in to what matters most and adjust pacing to the person's comfort. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks problems into thoughts, behaviors, and emotions and uses straightforward exercises to change patterns. In an online setting CBT often includes brief between-session tasks and practical skills to try in daily life. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) emphasizes emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal skills that help with strong feelings and conflict. Online DBT-style work can focus on short skills coaching and step-by-step practice.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. Andrea will collaborate with each person to decide which methods match their needs, goals, and preferences. That means trying a technique, checking how it feels, and adjusting the plan together rather than committing to one single method up front.

The therapist's biography does not list specific session formats, so please confirm available options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when needed, or avoid travel time. Licensed professionals can guide whether brief skills sessions or longer weekly meetings are best for a client’s goals.