About Dedra
Dedra McIntosh is a licensed clinical social worker in Florida who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship struggles. She uses clear, practical steps in sessions to help clients find relief and feel more in control. Dedra speaks English and brings three years of clinical experience to her practice.
She blends approaches like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that match their values.
Background and approach
Attachment-based ideas guide work on early relationship patterns that still affect how someone connects today. Sessions are person-centered and aimed at small, doable changes rather than overwhelming plans. Common concerns Dedra addresses include trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, and problems with communication or commitment.
She also supports people dealing with abandonment, adoption and foster care issues, caregiver stress, and first responder-related strain. Practical tools are paired with space to process difficult feelings like guilt, shame, and emptiness. Dedra emphasizes straightforward skills - grounding, thought reframing, values clarification, and improving emotional communication.
She helps people build steady habits that reduce anxiety and improve mood over time. Progress is tracked through concrete steps that clients can notice between sessions. Therapy sessions are offered through a range of online formats including video, phone, live chat, and text messaging.
People who want to begin fill out a brief matching questionnaire and schedule a time that works for them.
Therapeutic approaches adapted for online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters most to them and take small steps toward those values despite hard thoughts or feelings. It is often useful for anxiety, depression, and feeling stuck. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and testing new ways of thinking and behaving to reduce symptoms of anxiety and low mood. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship experiences shape current ways of relating, and it can help with communication problems, commitment concerns, and feelings of abandonment.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, try strategies from different approaches, and adjust the plan together. Clients are invited to give feedback so sessions stay aligned with their needs and preferences.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy fit into daily life. Video is good for face-to-face work and emotional exercises. Phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging work well for brief check-ins, reminders, or when a shorter format fits a busy schedule. These options increase flexibility and make it easier to keep regular sessions.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic Therapy
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English