About Deonna
Deonna Crabtree is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) based in Missouri with 20 years of experience in mental health and higher education. She uses a calm, collaborative approach to help people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief, or life changes. Her style aims to make conversations feel like talking over coffee, with practical focus and a relaxed tone.
She draws on client-centered methods that put the person's goals first.
Background and approach
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and solution-focused ideas are used when a clearer plan or skills are helpful. Motivational interviewing supports people who are struggling with change or substance concerns. Deonna has worked with people facing a wide range of issues.
These include mood disorders, panic attacks, trauma and abuse, ADHD, relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting stress, and career transitions. She also helps those dealing with feelings like emptiness, guilt, jealousy, and shame. Sessions are offered remotely, and Deonna adapts to each person's needs.
She will tailor conversations and plans to fit individual goals and daily life. The emphasis is on practical steps, skill building, and steady progress. Her approach suits people who want a direct but gentle guide through difficult moments.
Deonna focuses on what can be changed now and supports clients as they try new ways of coping and making decisions.
Approach-focused online therapy for stress and anxiety
Deonna commonly uses client-centered work and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to guide online sessions. Client-centered Therapy focuses on listening, reflecting, and following the person's goals so conversations feel respectful and personal. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and try practical changes in behavior to reduce symptoms like anxiety and panic.She also draws on Motivational Interviewing to support clients who are unsure about change or who struggle with addictions and ambivalence. This method uses conversation to build motivation and set small workable steps. Together she and the client decide which approaches fit best and adjust as goals evolve in the work.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to stay connected. Video calls let for face-to-face conversation when visual cues help. Phone sessions require less bandwidth and can fit a short break at work. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for check-ins, brief coaching, or when writing feels easier than speaking. These options make it simpler to maintain momentum between sessions and to choose the format that best fits a person's routine and needs.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Missouri
- Languages
- English
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