About DeAnna
DeAnna Christian is a Licensed Independent Social Worker (LISW) who aims to help people manage anxiety and stress. She presents a calm, direct style and treats each person as an individual rather than a label. Her tone is warm and respectful and she focuses on practical steps that fit daily life.
She has 17 years of experience and has worked with a wide range of concerns, including depression, ADHD, addiction, trauma and relationship issues.
Background and approach
She has experience with parenting challenges and grief as well as career strain and caregiver stress. Personal experience as a foster parent and adoptive parent informs her understanding of adoption and foster care topics. Her approach blends Client-Centered Therapy with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy.
She also uses Motivational Interviewing, EMDR, and mindfulness tools when they fit a person’s needs. Sessions aim to be collaborative with clear steps to try between meetings. DeAnna focuses on building trust and practical coping skills.
She listens for what is working and what feels hard, then tailors the plan to that person. She can help people learn new ways to manage anxiety, sleep problems, anger, and relationship communication. DeAnna practices in Ohio and provides services in English.
She has worked with first responders and people affected by domestic violence and substance use, and she brings that background into focused care planning.
Approaches that translate well to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and responding to each person without judgment, helping them build on their strengths. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at thoughts and behaviors together and gives clear exercises to practice between sessions to reduce anxiety and improve sleep. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) teaches practical skills for emotion regulation and distress tolerance that can be practiced in daily life and reviewed in session.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with clients about their goals and preferences and then suggest options. Decisions are collaborative so someone can try an approach and adjust it as needed based on what helps most.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is useful for full conversation and visual cues, while phone calls need less bandwidth and can fit into a short break. Live chat or text-based messaging can work for quick check-ins, brief coaching, or when typing feels easier than talking. These formats make it easier to keep continuity of care and fit sessions into busy days.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 17 years
- Licensed
- Ohio
- Languages
- English
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