About DeAndrea
DeAndrea Peterson is a licensed professional counselor who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship struggles. She works with adults facing parenting challenges, family conflict, addiction concerns, and issues with self-esteem and intimacy. DeAndrea brings a direct, down-to-earth style to sessions and focuses on practical steps clients can use right away.
She favors simple, clear interventions rather than one-size-fits-all solutions. Sessions are collaborative and paced to each person’s needs, whether they want short-term problem solving or deeper work.
Background and approach
DeAndrea encourages steady progress and celebrates small steps forward. DeAndrea studied criminal justice and sociology at Alabama State University and earned a Master of Science in Counseling and Psychology from Troy University. She lists 14 years of professional experience working in residential, non-traditional educational, and outpatient counseling settings.
That background shaped her practical approach to real-life stressors. Her work draws on several evidence-informed approaches, adapted to the person in front of her. Clients can expect a focus on skills they can practice between sessions, clearer communication patterns, and help setting realistic goals.
She emphasizes strengths and builds on what already works for each person. People come to DeAndrea for many reasons, such as coping with trauma, navigating divorce or blended-family issues, handling caregiver stress, or finding purpose in midlife. She aims to empower clients to make steady, manageable changes and to move toward a more balanced life.
Therapeutic approaches adapted for online work
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening, empathy, and treating the client as the expert in their life. It helps people build confidence and find their own solutions by exploring values and strengths. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns; it is useful for anxiety, depression, and stress. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, emphasizes emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and better interpersonal skills, which can help with intense emotions and relationship conflicts.Choosing a therapeutic approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with the client to identify goals and try methods that fit the person's needs and preferences. If one approach does not feel right, they will adjust the plan together until it matches what the client finds most useful.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls let people have face-to-face conversations without travel, while phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging are helpful for brief check-ins, homework support, or when someone prefers shorter, written exchanges. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and keep momentum between sessions.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Intimacy-related issues
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- Alabama
- Languages
- English