About Derricia
Derricia Walters is a licensed mental health counselor with four years of clinical experience. She holds a Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and is pursuing a PhD in Counselor Education and Supervision. Derricia prefers a person-centered style that starts with where each person is now and builds practical skills from there.
She keeps sessions straightforward and goal-focused. Derricia uses clear tools from cognitive behavioral therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.
Background and approach
She also draws on mindfulness exercises to teach breathing and grounding techniques that reduce stress and anxiety. Derricia often helps people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, anger, low self-esteem, depression, or attention challenges like ADHD. She also supports people facing workplace strain, trouble with money, social isolation, panic attacks, phobias, and young adult concerns.
Conversations may include communication skills and strategies to manage impulsivity. Her approach emphasizes strengths and small, doable steps. Sessions mix talk, skill practice, and homework tailored to real life.
Derricia aims to make strategies feel useful the week after a session, not just in the office. She practices from Indiana and works in English. Derricia describes therapy as a collaborative process and offers a calm, steady presence while people try new ways of coping and relating to themselves.
How Derricia’s Approaches Work Online
Client-centered therapy places the person’s goals at the center. The therapist listens, reflects, and helps clients set their own steps forward. This approach suits people who want guidance while keeping their values and pace in charge.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on the connection between thoughts, feelings, and actions. Sessions teach ways to spot unhelpful thoughts and try small behavioral changes to reduce anxiety and depression. Mindfulness therapy adds simple attention and breathing practices to help during moments of panic or intense stress.
Finding the right mix of methods is part of the work. Derricia will collaborate with each person to decide which tools fit their needs and goals. She adjusts the plan over time based on what proves most helpful in day-to-day life.
Online therapy lets people meet by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and skill demonstrations. Phone sessions work well if bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and messaging are convenient for brief check-ins, shorter skill practice, or when a written record of exercises helps. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week and to use tools in real situations.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Anger management
- Self esteem
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Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Indiana
- Languages
- English
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