About Deanna
Deanna Hatcher is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 16 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, and depression. She practices from Alabama and focuses on practical steps that help people move forward. Her work often centers on everyday problems like relationships and parenting strains.
She uses straightforward language and lasting skills rather than long lectures. Clients can expect short-term goal setting alongside deeper work when needed. Deanna draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and change behavior.
Background and approach
She also uses Motivational Interviewing to support readiness for change and Solution-Focused Therapy to build on strengths and small wins. Sessions aim to untangle what’s getting in the way of daily life. Conversations often focus on clearer communication, emotion regulation, and setting manageable goals.
When chronic pain, illness, or addiction complicate things, she helps people find realistic coping strategies. Deanna addresses difficult feelings like guilt, shame, or grief without judgment. She also works with concerns tied to money stress, midlife questions, and cultural or discrimination-related issues.
Her approach blends practical tools with encouragement to try new ways of coping. Language used in sessions is plain and direct so parents and busy adults can follow along. Appointments can include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules.
Getting started involves a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a time that works.
Therapeutic approaches and online sessions
Deanna uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice thought patterns that feed anxiety or depression and then test new, more helpful behaviors. CBT focuses on practical steps and small experiments that change how someone feels over time.She also uses Motivational Interviewing to support people who feel stuck or unsure about change. This approach involves asking questions that build motivation and clarify goals so clients decide their own next steps.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't worked before, then try methods that fit the person. Clients can adjust the plan as progress is made and new needs appear.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when a deeper check-in is needed. Phone sessions and live chat can work better for shorter check-ins or when bandwidth is limited. Text-based messaging supports ongoing reflection and quick coaching between meetings. These options make it easier to fit counseling into a busy life and to continue work even when schedules change.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 16 years
- Licensed
- Alabama
- Languages
- English