About Deveta
Deveta Gelispie is a licensed clinical social worker who has been helping people navigate emotional and practical challenges for seven years. She works from Illinois and offers straightforward, empathetic support aimed at getting to what matters most to each person. Her style is warm and direct, with a focus on connection and careful listening.
Her sessions often start with concrete goals. She helps people clarify what they want to change and then chooses practical steps to try.
Background and approach
Conversations are honest and grounded, with space to talk about feelings, decisions, and daily habits that affect wellbeing. Deveta draws on approaches that focus on the person in front of her. She uses client-centered methods to make sure people feel heard.
She offers cognitive behavioral techniques to spot unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors. She also incorporates solution-focused and motivational ideas to build momentum and keep work manageable. That means short-term strategies and concrete actions people can test between sessions.
The emphasis is on small, useful changes that add up over time. People come to her for many concerns, including relationship strain, low self-esteem, career questions, depression, addiction, grief, trauma, sleep problems, parenting challenges, anger, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and related issues. Deveta respects cultural and identity differences and attends to how those factors shape a person’s goals and stressors.
How these approaches translate to online therapy
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on building a strong, respectful relationship. Online sessions using this approach prioritize listening and reflection so the person feels understood before practical steps are introduced. This method helps when people need space to make sense of their feelings and choices.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. In online work CBT involves identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and trying small behavior experiments between sessions. It is useful for depression, anxiety, sleep problems, and habit changes.
Finding the right approach is a shared process. Deveta will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and then suggest methods to try. She checks in regularly and adjusts the plan if something isn’t working, so the work stays practical and relevant.
Online formats offer flexibility for different needs. Video calls let people use body language and tone; phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging allow brief check-ins, written reflections, or quick coaching between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy days and to continue work consistently.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
Also works with
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Commitment issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Illinois, Virginia
- Languages
- English