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Deidre McLeod , LPC, LCMHC

Based in Florida Online sessions

Therapist blending practical skills and empathetic support

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Years in practice
15
Credentials
LPC, LCMHC
Licensed in
Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina
Languages
English
Focus
Stress, Anxiety
Focus
Trauma and abuse
Focus
Grief
About

About Deidre

Deidre McLeod is a licensed professional counselor and licensed clinical mental health counselor with 15 years of experience. She practices in Florida and focuses on helping people navigate stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, and parenting concerns. Her style is warm and interactive, aimed at creating a respectful space to talk about what matters most to each person.

She leans on client-centered work to keep conversations focused on the person's priorities. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy tools are used to spot unhelpful thinking and try new behaviors.

Background and approach

Dialectical Behavior Therapy strategies can be introduced for intense emotions and coping skills training. Deidre also draws from emotionally focused and Jungian ideas to look at relationship patterns and personal meaning when helpful. She adapts the pace and techniques to the individual rather than following a fixed script.

That means practical skills, reflective conversation, or both depending on the situation. Her background includes a range of concerns from depression and ADHD to intimacy-related issues and compassion fatigue. She lists additional focuses like attachment concerns, blended family stress, adoption and foster care matters, and caregiving strain.

These areas often come up alongside core issues such as loss, relationship conflict, or life transitions. Sessions are offered through several online formats including video calls, phone, live chat, and text messaging. People who choose to start complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.

The subscription-based plan can be canceled at any time.

Focus areas and approaches

What Deidre works with

Everything Deidre lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Deidre helps people with.

Approaches Deidre lists

Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.

Online support

How these approaches work in online sessions

Client-centered therapy centers the conversation on what the person says matters most. The therapist listens actively, reflects concerns back, and helps people set goals they want to reach. This approach helps clarify priorities and keeps sessions practical and person-focused.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, breaks down how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact. Online CBT often includes identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and trying small behavioral experiments between sessions to test new responses to stress, anxiety, or parenting challenges.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, teaches concrete skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness. Those skills can be practiced in video sessions or reinforced with brief coaching via text or live chat when intensity rises between meetings.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate to choose methods that match goals, daily life, and comfort with different formats. That means mixing listening, skill teaching, and reflective work based on what helps most.

Online formats offer flexibility for busy schedules and differing needs. Video calls are useful for full sessions with face-to-face interaction, phone sessions can fit a break at work or use less bandwidth, and live chat or text messaging provide shorter check-ins or ongoing coaching. These options make it easier to keep momentum and practice new skills between sessions.
Questions

Questions people ask about Deidre

What kinds of concerns does this therapist address?

She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, ADHD, parenting concerns, and relationship or intimacy-related issues.

How would you describe her therapy style?

The approach is warm and interactive, focusing on what the person brings. Sessions blend client-centered listening with practical CBT and DBT tools when useful.

What experience does she bring to sessions?

Deidre has 15 years of clinical experience working with a wide range of mental health concerns and life transitions.

What are her credentials and where does she practice?

She holds LPC and LCMHC credentials and practices in Florida. The profile lists licensure in related states but the primary location given is Florida.

Which languages are offered for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English.

What session formats are available online?

Work can take place by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on preference.

How are costs and billing handled?

Costs vary with location and therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

What are the first steps to begin therapy?

Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.

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