Deanna Dillard
Experienced counselor who listens and guides
LPC Georgia
- Experience
- 18 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Addictions, Relationship
- Approaches
- Gottman Method, Client-Centered Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Deanna
Deanna Dillard is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 18 years of experience in clinical work. She practices in Georgia and offers therapy with a straightforward, warm approach.
Background and approach
She focuses on helping people who feel stuck by listening carefully and creating a space where they can talk openly. She helps people manage stress, anxiety, and anger.
She also supports those facing depression, grief, and addiction-related struggles. Relationship and family concerns, intimacy issues, and challenges around parenting are part of her clinical focus as well.
Deanna uses practical methods that match the person's needs. She draws on the Gottman Method, client-centered techniques, and cognitive behavioral ideas to help people notice patterns and try new behaviors.
Sessions are conversational and goal-directed, with ideas to practice between meetings. She also addresses a range of other concerns, including ADHD, bipolar mood concerns, eating and sleeping problems, and career stress.
Additional focus areas include gender dysphoria, hoarding, infidelity, intellectual disability, jealousy, veteran and armed forces issues, multicultural concerns, and non-monogamous relationships. Deanna aims to make the process clear and manageable.
She works at a pace the person can handle and supports practical steps toward better daily functioning. People who want steady, listening-centered care with concrete tools may find her style helpful.
Methods and Online Therapy Options
Deanna commonly uses the Gottman Method and client-centered therapy in her online work. The Gottman Method focuses on improving how people communicate and handle conflict, which can help with relationship stress and recurring arguments. Client-centered therapy centers on listening and responding to the person's experience, helping people feel heard and seen while they work toward their goals.She also incorporates cognitive behavioral ideas when useful. CBT looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and offers specific skills to change unhelpful patterns. These approaches are offered in a collaborative way so therapist and client choose what fits best given the person’s goals and preferences.
Online sessions include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to provide flexible options. Video lets people use visual cues and longer conversation. Phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging can suit quick updates, brief coaching, or times when typing feels easier. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into work, family, or travel schedules while working with licensed professionals.
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Experience
18+ years
Licensed in
Georgia, South Carolina
Languages
English