About Deanna
Deanna Bibby is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) based in Virginia who focuses on relieving anxiety and stress. She draws on two decades of experience to help people facing worry, low mood, relationships, and trauma-related concerns. Deanna aims to make the first step feel manageable and straightforward for anyone ready to try therapy.
She centers sessions on the person in front of her and adapts conversations to fit each client’s needs.
Background and approach
Her work commonly addresses relationship problems, self-esteem struggles, workplace stress, and the effects of past abuse or loss. She also supports people dealing with abandonment fears, guilt and shame, and questions about life purpose. Deanna uses a mix of practical approaches to help people change unhelpful patterns and build new skills.
She draws from cognitive behavioral ideas to notice and shift thinking, and from acceptance and commitment approaches to clarify values and take meaningful action. Attachment-focused work is used to understand how past bonds shape current relationships. Her background includes long-term clinical experience across a range of settings, giving her familiarity with mood disorders and post-traumatic stress.
Sessions typically involve direct conversation, strategy work, and homework when it fits the client’s goals. Deanna emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and compassion in every interaction. Clients who are curious about text check-ins, shorter phone sessions, or full video meetings can find formats that match their lives.
She accepts English-language clients and is available to work with people both inside and outside the United States.
Therapeutic approaches you can use online
Deanna often draws on cognitive behavioral therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy, and attachment-focused ideas when working online. Cognitive behavioral therapy helps people identify patterns of thought and behavior that keep anxiety and low mood going, and teaches practical tools to change them. Acceptance and commitment therapy focuses on clarifying personal values and learning how to take action even when uncomfortable feelings are present. Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships influence current closeness and communication, helping people repair patterns in friendships and partnerships.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before to figure out which methods to try. Treatment is collaborative and adjusted over time based on what is useful for the client.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people use screen sharing or worksheets in session, while phone calls can be shorter check-ins or work better when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief updates, homework support, or when someone prefers writing to speaking. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to try different ways of connecting as needs change.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
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Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 21 years
- Licensed
- Virginia
- Languages
- English
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