- Years in practice
- 18
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Wisconsin
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Family conflicts
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Deia
Deia Lawrence is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Wisconsin who focuses on practical help for parents and individuals facing stress and family-related challenges. She uses a straightforward style and aims to make therapy feel doable and relevant for everyday life. Many people come to her for help with anxiety, grief, depression, and parenting strain.
She draws on 18 years of clinical experience working with people from a range of ethnic and economic backgrounds.
Background and approach
That experience includes supporting survivors of physical and sexual trauma and members of the LGBTQ community. Deia also understands the particular pressures of parenting a child with special needs and brings that personal perspective into her work with caregivers. Her approach blends client-centered listening with hands-on strategies from cognitive behavioral therapy and emotionally-focused work.
Mindfulness and motivational interviewing techniques are used when they fit the client's goals. Sessions are practical: identifying patterns, trying small behavioral changes, and adjusting what isn't working. Deia pays attention to family dynamics, attachment concerns, blended family issues, and the specific stresses caregivers face.
She also addresses grief, trauma responses, shame, isolation, and questions about life purpose. The focus is on clear steps a person can take between sessions to feel steadier. Outside of practice she serves on a nonprofit board helping families of children with special needs.
Her background informs a down-to-earth stance in therapy: respectful listening, realistic planning, and a willingness to revise the plan as life changes.
What Deia works with
Everything Deia lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Deia helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Dependent personality
- Domestic violence
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Multicultural concerns
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Deia lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and understanding the client's perspective. The therapist follows the client's lead, reflects feelings, and helps people clarify what matters most. This approach helps when someone needs space to be heard and to explore personal values.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and behaviors affect mood. Sessions often include identifying unhelpful thought patterns and trying small experiments to change behavior. CBT is useful for anxiety, sleep problems, parenting stress, and low mood.
Emotionally-focused work helps people notice and shift patterns in relationships and attachment. It supports clearer emotional expression and improved connection, which can be useful for family conflict and intimacy-related struggles.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will listen to a client's goals, preferences, and daily realities, then suggest approaches to try. That plan is adjusted together as new information emerges and needs change.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when seeing expressions matters. Phone sessions require less bandwidth and can fit a break at work. Live chat or text-based messaging works for brief check-ins, journaling between sessions, or when writing feels easier than speaking. These options make it simpler to keep therapy going around family schedules and caregiving demands.
Questions people ask about Deia
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, parenting challenges, relationship and intimacy issues, trauma and abuse, and caregiver strain among other concerns.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is direct and collaborative, combining client-centered listening with practical strategies from cognitive behavioral therapy, emotionally-focused work, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing.
What is her professional background?
She has 18 years of experience and has supported clients from diverse ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds, including survivors of trauma and members of the LGBTQ community.
Where is she licensed and located?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor - LPC - in Wisconsin and practices there.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How are costs and billing handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What is the first step to begin therapy?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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