About Deana
Deana Steele is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Colorado with 21 years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people manage anxiety, stress, depression, and issues with self-esteem. Her work also addresses family and parenting concerns and related emotional challenges.
She uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to understand patterns that keep people stuck. Sessions aim to identify triggers, build coping skills, and create small steps toward change. Deana keeps language plain and practical so parents can use tools right away.
Background and approach
Clients often bring worries about obsessions, compulsions, mood swings, control struggles, or the emotional side of traumatic brain injury. She also supports people navigating autism and Asperger Syndrome and young adult issues. The goal is clearer thinking and steadier emotional responses.
Her style is compassionate and steady. Deana listens first, then helps set achievable goals and simple strategies. She balances practical skills with attention to each person’s story.
Sessions may include skill-building, behavior changes, and ways to manage difficult moments when they come. Parents who are concerned about a young person’s anxiety or a household’s high stress often find the straightforward approach helpful. Work progresses at a pace the client can handle.
Evidence-based approaches and online sessions
Deana uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical skill building and clearer thinking. One common approach is structured skill work that teaches breathing, grounding, and behavior changes to reduce anxiety and manage stress. These tools help people handle intense moments and regain a sense of control.Another frequent focus is identifying unhelpful thought patterns and testing them against reality. This kind of work helps with worries, obsessions, and mood swings by training a different, calmer way to think and respond. For issues related to traumatic brain injury or personality challenges, sessions often combine skill practice with pacing and planning to match each person’s needs.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist and client review goals, try methods, and adjust as needed. The point is to find techniques that fit the person’s life, not force a single method.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is useful for deeper conversation and face-to-face contact. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in fits a busy day. Live chat and text messaging make it easier to get quick support between sessions and to track progress in writing. These options help people fit therapy into family schedules, work days, and other routines.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Control issues
- Depression
- Family problems
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Personality disorders
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Traumatic brain injury
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 21 years
- Licensed
- Colorado
- Languages
- English
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