- Years in practice
- 8
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Texas
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Deidre
Deidre Means, LPC, helps people handle stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, parenting challenges, and grief. She also works with issues like trauma, addictions, self-esteem, and career transitions. Her approach is practical and direct, aimed at helping people find small workable changes that feel manageable.
She keeps sessions focused on the person's goals. Deidre uses a client-centered style that listens first and adapts strategies to fit the person. She adds structured tools from cognitive behavioral therapy to spot unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors.
Background and approach
Deidre has eight years of professional experience and practices in Texas. Her background includes school-based roles and clinical mental health work, which guide a flexible, real-world approach to challenges. She explains options clearly and checks in about what is working.
In conversations she looks for strengths to build on and practical steps to reduce overwhelm. Solution-focused techniques help set short-term goals and track progress. When trauma or past hurt is present, trauma-focused methods are used to help people feel safer in the present.
Sessions are offered online in formats that suit different schedules and needs. Deidre supports parents dealing with parenting stress and blended family issues, as well as people facing body image, eating, or addiction concerns. Her style is steady, responsive, and aimed at helping people regain control over daily life.
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.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Communication problems
- Dissociation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Jealousy
- Money and financial issues
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Deidre lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Solution-Focused 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.
Practical therapy approaches for online care
Deidre commonly blends client-centered work with cognitive behavioral techniques to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors. Client-centered therapy means she listens closely, follows your lead, and focuses sessions on what matters most to you. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) offers simple tools to test beliefs and build new habits that reduce anxiety, depression, or unhelpful patterns.She also uses solution-focused techniques to set short-term goals and track progress. Those methods are useful when someone wants clear steps and measurable change, such as improving communication or managing parenting stress. Choosing the right mix of approaches is a team effort - she will talk with you about goals, preferences, and what feels doable, then adapt methods over time.
Online therapy offers flexibility for busy lives. Video calls let you work face-to-face when that matters, phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit a work break, live chat provides quick check-ins, and text-based messaging can support people who prefer written reflection. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around parenting, work, or caregiving demands while still getting focused, practical support.
Questions people ask about Deidre
What concerns does Deidre address?
She helps with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, addictions, body image and eating concerns, and related topics.
What is her therapy style like?
Her style is client-centered and practical. She listens first, then uses goal-focused techniques and skills practice to create change.
What experience does she bring?
Deidre has eight years of experience working in school-based and clinical mental health settings, which inform her flexible, real-world approach.
Where does she practice and what are her credentials?
She is an LPC - Licensed Professional Counselor - and practices in Texas.
Which languages are supported and can international clients join?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be held by video call, phone session, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and preferences.
How much do sessions cost?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete the brief matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist's availability.
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