About Demetrica
Demetrica Dement is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Texas who helps people facing anxiety and related concerns. She draws on 14 years of clinical experience to support people handling stress, depression, addictions, anger, grief, and life changes. She works with individuals on relationship and intimacy issues, self-esteem, career concerns, parenting strain, and identity questions.
Her approach starts by listening. She treats each person as the expert on their own life and builds on existing strengths.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on practical steps people can try between meetings and on skills that ease daily pressure. Demetrica uses client-centered work to create a space where people feel heard and understood. She also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to help identify unhelpful thoughts and to test new behaviors that reduce anxiety and low mood.
Dialectical behavior tools are offered for emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and improved communication. She has worked across a range of concerns including trauma and abuse, mood disorders, seasonal affective disorder, and issues tied to identity and belonging. Additional interests include abandonment, life purpose, midlife shifts, and aging-related questions.
Sessions may include conversational check-ins, structured skill practice, and goal-focused plans. People who want flexibility can choose video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit their schedule.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Demetrica uses client-centered work to place the person's goals and lived experience at the center of care. That means sessions start with listening and follow the pace that feels right for the individual. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing new ways of thinking and behaving to reduce anxiety and depression. It is useful for worry, low mood, and many stress-related patterns. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, offers simple skills for regulating intense emotions, tolerating distress, and improving communication with others. These skills can help when anger, strong mood swings, or relationship strain get in the way.Finding the right combination of methods is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the person to decide which approaches fit their needs, goals, and preferences. Treatment plans evolve as progress is made and as life changes arise, so methods can be adjusted over time.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions let people use visual cues and a fuller conversation. Phone sessions can be a quicker check-in or better when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and messaging work well for short updates, ongoing support between sessions, or when someone prefers written communication. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and different daily routines.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Anger management
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Career difficulties
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English
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