About Dedra
Dedra Gregory is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor who practices in North Carolina. She has seven years of experience in mental health work and helps people build skills to handle stress and anxiety. Her approach centers on practical steps people can use every day to feel more capable and steady.
She believes people already have strengths that can be used to meet their goals. Sessions focus on increasing self-awareness, identifying choices, and setting clear, manageable goals.
Background and approach
Homework is often part of the work and can include journaling, reading, art, or small exercises to try between meetings. Therapy sessions usually draw on cognitive behavioral ideas to notice and change unhelpful thinking and behavior. She also uses client-centered methods to keep the person's priorities in view, motivational interviewing to support change, and solution-focused techniques to move quickly toward specific goals.
Dedra works with concerns such as stress, anxiety, depression, career challenges, relationship strain, low self-esteem, anger, addictions, parenting pressures, and family issues. Conversations are practical and interactive, with an emphasis on tools people can continue using after therapy ends. She offers a mix of formats to fit different needs, including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
The pace of work is set together so each person can progress at a rate that fits their life.
Online approaches that focus on skill-building and change
Client-Centered Therapy centers the person’s priorities and pace. It emphasizes listening, respect, and helping people identify what matters most so goals come from the client's own values and needs. This approach helps when someone wants a supportive, collaborative process.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It uses practical exercises to test unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors, which can reduce anxiety and improve mood. Motivational Interviewing is brief and goal-focused; it helps people resolve mixed feelings about change and strengthens their own reasons to move forward.
Finding the right mix of approaches is a collaborative step. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't worked before. Together they will try methods that fit the person’s needs and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions suit deeper conversations and visual cues, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat fits quick check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make it simpler to fit therapy around work, caregiving, or a busy schedule.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- North Carolina
- Languages
- English
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