Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
How Deia works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Wisconsin
- Years in practice
- 18
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Deia
Deia Lawrence is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Wisconsin who helps people facing stress, anxiety, anger, grief, and relationship struggles. She works with clients navigating identity concerns, parenting challenges, and life changes. Her approach is practical and down-to-earth, focused on what will help someone feel steadier day to day.
She brings 18 years of experience working with people from diverse ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds. That work has included supporting survivors of sexual and physical trauma and people in the LGBT community.
Background and approach
She also has knowledge about adoption, foster care, and attachment issues that can affect family dynamics. Her style mixes Client-Centered Therapy with cognitive behavioral ideas and emotional work. In sessions she listens, helps people notice patterns, and suggests simple, usable tools to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.
Mindfulness and motivational interviewing are added when they suit a client's goals. As a parent of a child with special needs, she understands caregiver stress and can talk through practical supports and problem-solving for everyday demands. She has also served on a nonprofit board that helps economically disadvantaged Latino families, which informs her multicultural perspective.
Sessions aim to address the whole person - mind, body, and spirit - with empathy and respect. People can expect a collaborative relationship that focuses on small steps toward clearer thinking, calmer reactions, and more satisfying relationships.
What Deia works with
Everything Deia lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Deia's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Dependent personality
- Domestic violence
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Multicultural concerns
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Deia lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches that translate to online work
Deia often uses Client-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in her work. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening closely, reflecting what someone says, and helping them feel understood so they can find their own solutions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical steps to change patterns that increase anxiety, anger, or low mood.She also draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy when close relationships are a concern. That approach helps people name and shift emotional responses that get in the way of feeling connected. Choosing which approach to use is a team effort; she talks with each person about goals and preferences and adjusts methods as they go along.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy fit daily life. Video calls work well for in-depth conversations and emotional work, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat is useful for short check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to schedule appointments, keep regular contact, and use therapy tools in real time.
Questions people ask about Deia
What concerns does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, anger, grief, relationship problems, parenting strain, trauma and many related issues including self-esteem and career questions.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is collaborative and down-to-earth, combining Client-Centered listening with cognitive behavioral techniques, emotionally-focused work, and mindfulness when helpful.
What is her clinical background?
She has 18 years of experience working with people from diverse backgrounds and has supported survivors of sexual and physical trauma as well as members of the LGBT community.
What are her credentials and location?
She holds a Licensed Professional Counselor credential - LPC - in Wisconsin and practices from that state.
Can sessions be offered in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.
Which session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What steps are needed to begin working together?
To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.