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Online therapist

Deana Schad

Guided, practical support for stressful life moments

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Credentials
LPC
Experience
17 years
Licensed in
Michigan
Languages
English
Format
Online sessions

About Deana

Deana Schad is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) based in Michigan who focuses on helping people navigate stress, anxiety, addiction concerns, relationship questions, parenting challenges, career shifts, and life changes. She emphasizes practical steps over quick fixes and partners with clients to create steady, manageable habits that support better days.

Her style is down-to-earth and collaborative, aimed at building routines like better sleep, movement, and nutrition alongside emotional work. Deana draws on 17 years of experience and uses straightforward tools to change thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.

Background and approach

She often uses cognitive behavioral therapy to meet clients where they are and match techniques to each person’s readiness for change. Mindfulness and emotion-focused ideas also appear in sessions to help people notice patterns and respond differently. Sessions tend to focus on values and small shifts that add up.

Deana helps people name what matters, reduce unhelpful habits, and choose actions that fit their priorities. She believes people carry much of their own wisdom and therapy is a place to reflect and uncover those answers. Her approach also acknowledges that pain is part of life while suffering can be reduced by letting go of unhelpful attachments.

Through practical strategies and steady support, Deana helps clients build awareness and take steps toward a life that feels more balanced and intentional. Deana offers work centered on communication, mood concerns, addictions, self-love, and life purpose. She conducts sessions in English and practices from Michigan.

Approaches that guide online sessions

Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and creating a nonjudgmental space so clients can find their own answers; it helps people feel heard and more able to make choices that fit their values. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and behaviors affect feelings and teaches practical steps to shift unhelpful patterns, which is useful for anxiety, mood concerns, and habit change. Dialectical behavior therapy, or DBT, adds skills for managing intense emotions and improving stress tolerance, which can help with regulation and coping skills.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to match methods to their goals, readiness, and preferences. Plans adjust over time so techniques feel useful and realistic in everyday life.

Online therapy offers flexibility through video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. These formats let people fit sessions around family, work, and caregiving responsibilities. They also make it easier to keep consistent contact and to practice skills between meetings, while allowing the therapist to use the same CBT, DBT, and client-centered tools in a variety of session styles.

Client-Centered Therapy

The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

Concrete skills for riding out strong emotion, tolerating distress, and handling relationships without things escalating. The skills are practised in daily life, so between-session support by message or phone fits naturally.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Deana address in therapy?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, relationship and intimacy-related issues, parenting and family topics, career and life purpose, and coping with life changes among other concerns.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is collaborative and practical, using client-centered listening with tools from cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, and mindfulness to help change thoughts and habits.
How much experience does she have?
Deana has 17 years of professional experience working in the mental health field.
What are her credentials and where is she located?
She is a licensed professional counselor, LPC, with license MI LPC 6401011373 and practices from Michigan.
Which languages are supported and can she work with international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not currently accepting international clients.
In what formats are sessions offered?
Appointments are available via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How does pricing work for sessions?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What steps do I take to begin working together?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.

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Experience
17 years
Licensed
Michigan
Languages
English

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