About Deanna
Deanna Bourland is an Oklahoma Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, and depression. She speaks plainly and aims to make beginning therapy feel manageable. Deanna encourages small steps and acknowledges that reaching out can take courage.
She creates a calm, open space where clients can name what is on their mind. Sessions focus on honest conversation and practical ways to reduce worry and improve day-to-day functioning.
Background and approach
Deanna listens for patterns that keep people stuck and works with them to try new responses. Over 16 years of experience has given her a broad view of common life struggles. She often supports people dealing with attachment wounds, abandonment, body image concerns, caregiver stress, chronic illness or pain, and major life changes like separation or midlife reevaluation.
She also addresses issues such as guilt, shame, isolation, and problems with impulse control. Deanna favors straightforward methods that clients can practice between sessions. She helps people set realistic goals and builds small, doable steps toward them.
Progress is tracked through regular check-ins and adjustments to the plan as needed. Her work is collaborative and paced to each person’s needs. Deanna welcomes conversations about what a client hopes to change and how best to move forward together.
Approaches and online options that fit your life
Deanna uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques focused on clear skills and real-life practice. One common approach helps people recognize and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns, teaching new ways to respond when anxiety or low mood flare. Another approach centers on understanding attachment and relationship patterns so people can heal from past hurts and improve how they connect with others.Choosing the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked before. Together they will try methods that feel like a good fit and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online therapy offers flexibility for busy lives. Video calls let people have longer, face-to-face conversations. Phone sessions are a good alternative when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging support shorter updates, ongoing coaching, or when writing feels easier than speaking. These options make it simpler to keep therapy consistent and fit it around work, caregiving, or other daily demands.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Experience
- 16 years
- Licensed
- Oklahoma
- Languages
- English
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