- Practical coping tools
- Calm and direct style
- Focus on communication
About Deanna
Deanna Childers is an Illinois-based licensed clinical professional counselor (LCPC) with nearly 10 years of clinical experience. She helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress and anxiety and those facing family and parenting concerns. Her approach is straightforward and warm, aimed at making the first step feel manageable for someone who may be nervous about starting therapy.
Deanna draws on a range of evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help people address attention challenges such as ADHD, reduce anxiety and panic, and build healthier self-esteem. Sessions focus on practical strategies, clear communication, and small steps that fit into daily life. She aims to create a respectful space where clients can talk about their thoughts and feelings without fear of judgment.
Her background includes internship, postgraduate training, and the work that led to licensure in Illinois. That decade of experience has included helping people with motivation, confidence, depression, social anxiety, and isolation. The emphasis is on finding what works for each person rather than a one-size-fits-all plan.
In sessions, Deanna typically helps clients identify immediate coping tools and longer-term skills. She encourages honest conversation about family stress and parenting strains and supports clients as they practice new ways of communicating. The goal is steady, practical progress toward clearer goals and better daily functioning.
If you are ready to begin, she guides you through small, manageable first steps and supports follow-through as you try new approaches between sessions.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Deanna uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on clear skills and calm problem solving. One common approach helps people learn practical coping tools for anxiety and panic, teaching breathing, grounding, and short behavioral steps to reduce immediate distress. Another approach targets attention and organization skills used with ADHD, helping people build routines, break tasks into manageable parts, and track progress in small steps.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist and client review goals, try methods, and adjust what they do based on what helps most. This collaborative process makes it easier to focus on real-life changes that matter to the client and family concerns they bring to sessions.
Confirm which session formats are offered before booking, since formats are not specified here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when a full session is not needed, and remove travel time so people can spend more time on follow-up work. Licensed professionals can help decide how to use session time in a way that fits daily life and supports steady progress.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Experience
10+ years
Listed in
Illinois
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does Deanna help with?
She focuses on stress, anxiety, family and parenting concerns, self esteem, and ADHD, plus related issues like panic attacks, social anxiety, loneliness, and life purpose.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is warm and direct. Sessions emphasize practical strategies, clearer communication, and steps you can try between meetings.
What is her professional background?
She has nearly 10 years of experience that includes internship, postgraduate training, and work leading to licensure as an LCPC.
Where is she licensed and practicing?
She is licensed in Illinois as an LCPC and works with clients from that state.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the U.S. work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are costs and billing handled?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin therapy?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.