Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
- Depression
How Derrick works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Oklahoma, Arkansas, Georgia
- Years in practice
- 16
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Derrick
Derrick Woodbury is a licensed professional counselor who helps people manage stress, anger, anxiety, and mood concerns. He supports those facing grief, relationship strain, self-esteem problems, and adjustment to life changes. Derrick commonly works with issues related to trauma, sexual assault and abuse, process addictions, and compassion fatigue.
Derrick uses straightforward, skills-based work in sessions. He often draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot unhelpful thinking and try different behaviors.
Background and approach
He also uses Solution-Focused and Narrative approaches to help clients clarify goals and reframe their stories. Clients can expect a direct but warm style. Derrick favors short-term goals and practical steps that fit into daily life.
He aims to help people build coping tools they can use between sessions. He brings 16 years of clinical experience and holds licensure as an LPC in Arkansas and Georgia, while practicing from Oklahoma. His background includes independent practice and contractor work focused on mild to moderate mood disorders, anger management, and adjustment concerns.
Derrick offers sessions in English and provides several online formats, including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging. To begin, a person completes a brief matching questionnaire and schedules a time that fits their needs.
What Derrick works with
Everything Derrick lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Derrick's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
- Depression
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
Approaches Derrick lists
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-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.
Approach and online options for flexible care
CBT, or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, helps people notice patterns of thinking that drive unhelpful behavior and test new, more effective ways of responding. It is often used for anxiety, mood problems, anger, and stress management.Motivational Interviewing focuses on a person’s own reasons for change. It uses questions and reflective listening to build motivation and resolve mixed feelings about taking steps forward. This can help with process addictions, lifestyle changes, or starting new coping habits.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Derrick will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and preferences. He adapts techniques over time and checks in about what is or isn't working.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls let people work face-to-face from wherever is convenient. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit a break at work. Live chat or text messaging can be useful for brief check-ins, homework support, or when writing out thoughts feels easier. These formats offer flexibility so therapy can fit into everyday life.
Questions people ask about Derrick
What concerns does he commonly address?
He works with stress, anger, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, trauma and abuse, process addictions, ADHD, and related mood or adjustment problems.
What is Derrick's therapeutic style?
Sessions are practical and goal oriented. He uses direct conversation and skill building to help people try different ways of thinking and acting.
How much experience does he have?
He has 16 years of clinical experience, including independent practice and independent contractor roles.
What credentials and location apply?
He is a licensed professional counselor, LPC, and practices from Oklahoma with LPC licensure in Arkansas and Georgia noted.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
What formats are available for sessions?
He offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How does pricing and payment work?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with him?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to his availability.