About Deanna
Deanna Mullins helps people facing stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, and depression. She offers steady support for those coping with life changes, addictions, parenting strain, relationship concerns, and issues like ADHD or low self-esteem. Deanna is a licensed clinical social worker - LCSW - with two decades of experience.
She practices from Idaho and speaks English. Her approach is straightforward and practical. Sessions focus on talking through what feels most urgent, setting small goals, and trying out tools between meetings.
Background and approach
She uses methods such as cognitive behavioral techniques, mindfulness practices, and acceptance-based strategies to help people notice thoughts and respond differently. Deanna also works with people healing from trauma and abuse and may include EMDR-informed steps when appropriate. Motivational interviewing helps clients who want to change habits or address addictions by identifying values and building momentum for action.
In sessions she aims to make space for honest conversation without judgment. She listens for patterns, offers simple exercises, and helps people experiment with new ways of coping. The tone is collaborative and calm rather than lecturing.
Practical matters are part of the work. Therapy can focus on managing symptoms, navigating major life transitions, or finding more meaning and direction. Deanna draws on twenty years of practice to tailor support to each persons needs and goals.
How these approaches work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people clarify what matters most and take small steps toward those values. It focuses on noticing unhelpful thoughts without getting stuck in them and choosing actions that match personal goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions interact and teaches practical skills to change patterns that maintain anxiety or depression. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, EMDR, is a trauma-focused method that uses guided procedures to reduce the intensity of distressing memories and reactions.Finding the right approach is a shared process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences, try methods that fit, and adjust the plan as progress is made. Clients are invited to give feedback and pick what feels useful.
Online therapy offers flexibility for busy lives. Video calls let people see facial cues and practice skills in real time. Phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited or when being off-camera feels easier. Live chat and text-based messaging allow brief check-ins, coaching between meetings, or ongoing support without scheduling a full call. These options make it easier to maintain continuity and fit therapy into work, caregiving, or medical schedules.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Idaho, Oregon
- Languages
- English