About Deena
Deena Robertson is a licensed professional counselor practicing in Virginia. She focuses on stress, anxiety, depression, relationship concerns, trauma and abuse, and self-esteem. Deena speaks plainly and aims to make the first steps into therapy feel manageable for someone who is worried or unsure.
She uses a mix of practical talk therapy and skills work. Sessions often include identifying unhelpful thoughts, practicing new behaviors, and building emotional awareness. Deena adapts the pace and focus to what a person needs each week rather than following a rigid plan.
Background and approach
Her approach draws from methods that help people notice values, strengthen attachment patterns, and change thinking that causes distress. That can look like setting small goals, trying behavioral experiments, and learning ways to tolerate uncomfortable feelings. She helps people break big problems into clear, do-able steps.
Deena emphasizes respect and sensitivity in the room. She supports people working through issues such as abandonment, body image, caregiver stress, communication struggles, forgiveness, guilt, and mood swings. Her style is direct but warm, aiming to make therapy useful and understandable.
With five years of professional experience and licensure as an LPC in Virginia, she brings practical experience with panic attacks, impulsivity, isolation, and midlife transitions. The plan in sessions is shaped by each person’s goals and life situation, and progress is tracked in concrete ways.
Approaches that translate well to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people clarify what matters most to them and then take small steps toward those values. It emphasizes noticing thoughts and feelings without getting stuck, which suits remote sessions that focus on real-life practice. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and testing new behaviors. It often uses structured exercises and homework that fit easily into video or messaging formats. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns in close relationships and helps people understand and change those patterns through reflective conversation and new relational skills.Finding the right mix of approaches is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to decide which methods match their goals, needs, and preferences. That assessment can change over time as progress is made and priorities shift.
Online therapy with video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging offers practical flexibility. Video calls let people use visual cues for deeper conversation. Phone sessions can work well when bandwidth is limited or someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging are useful for quick check-ins, practicing skills between sessions, and managing shorter moments of distress. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and try new tools in everyday situations.
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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
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Virginia
- Languages
- English