About Deginesh
Deginesh Worku is a licensed mental health counselor and licensed professional clinical counselor with 30 years of experience. She practices in California and offers a calm, nonjudgmental approach for people feeling overwhelmed by stress or anxiety. Her style is straightforward and caring, aimed at helping people find clearer thinking and steadier emotions.
She uses Client-Centered Therapy to follow each person's lead and to build trust in sessions. That approach helps when someone needs space to share worries, question beliefs, or rebuild self-worth.
Background and approach
She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing new ways of thinking and behaving. Deginesh commonly helps people facing anxiety, stress, low self-esteem, depression, and relationship concerns. She also supports work on communication problems, control issues, forgiveness, life purpose, and self-love.
Conversations can include spiritual or faith questions when clients bring them up. Sessions are conversational and practical. Expect to talk through current struggles, identify patterns that get in the way, and try small, doable changes between sessions.
The emphasis is on skills that can be practiced in daily life. She speaks English, Amharic, and Oromo. People connect by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on what fits their routine.
Starting begins with a short matching questionnaire and scheduling according to availability.
How client-centered and CBT approaches work online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening without judgment and following the person's goals. Online sessions let the therapist give space for people to talk about their worries, faith questions, or relationship concerns while being guided at their own pace.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps identify unhelpful thinking and then tries practical changes. Through video or phone sessions, the therapist and client can work on thought records, behavior experiments, and step-by-step skill practice that can be used between meetings.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will help figure out whether a client-centered style, CBT techniques, or a blend suits the person's needs, goals, and preferences. Clients are invited to give feedback so the plan can be adjusted as they progress.
Online formats offer flexibility for busy schedules and varied needs. Video calls are useful for full conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can fit into a short break or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging allow quick check-ins, written reflections, or support between longer sessions. These options make it easier to practice new skills in everyday life and keep therapy consistent.
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What this therapist works with
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- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- California, Iowa
- Languages
- English, Amharic, Oromo
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