About Deanna
Deanna Bourland is a licensed professional counselor in Oklahoma who helps people manage stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, and depression. She speaks plainly and focuses on practical steps clients can use right away. Her approach aims to make starting therapy feel manageable and respectful of each person’s pace.
She draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to guide sessions. Work often begins by identifying immediate coping skills for distress and then building toward longer-term changes.
Background and approach
Conversations are direct but compassionate, and clients set goals that feel realistic for their lives. Deanna emphasizes an open atmosphere where thoughts and feelings can be shared without judgment. Sessions typically mix listening with straightforward feedback and skill-building.
She encourages small experiments between sessions to test what helps in daily life. With 16 years of clinical experience as an LPC - Licensed Professional Counselor - she has supported people through many transitions. That background includes addressing issues like abandonment, attachment concerns, body image, caregiver stress, chronic illness and pain, communication problems, and major life changes.
Her work also covers forgiveness, guilt and shame, impulsivity, isolation and loneliness, finding life purpose, and mood disorders. The focus is on practical tools, clearer communication, and steady progress toward the goals each client names.
How evidence-based techniques translate online
Deanna uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on workable skills and clearer thinking. One common approach teaches coping skills for anxiety and stress - clients learn grounding, breathing, and behavior changes that reduce immediate distress and help them get through hard moments. Another approach addresses relationship and attachment concerns by improving communication and identifying patterns that lead to repeated hurt; this helps people make different choices and test new ways of relating.Finding the right approach is collaborative. The therapist and client review what’s been tried, discuss goals, and pick methods that fit the client’s needs and preferences. Plans can be adjusted over time if something isn’t working, and the process emphasizes small, measurable steps toward the goals the client sets.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits for this work. Video calls let the therapist observe tone and body language during deeper conversations. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is low or for a shorter check-in. Live chat and text-based messaging provide flexible ways to check in between sessions, share progress, and get quick support when coping skills are needed. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and try different formats to see what helps most.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Experience
- 16 years
- Licensed
- Oklahoma
- Languages
- English