About Deginesh
Deginesh Worku brings a client-centered approach to therapy. She emphasizes listening first and follows the client's lead. She creates a warm, accepting space where adults can speak honestly about stress, anxiety, relationships, self-doubt and depression.
She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) alongside client-centered methods to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try different ways of responding. Sessions are practical and focused on small, doable changes. Work often targets communication problems, control issues, self-love and forgiveness.
Background and approach
With 30 years of professional experience, she draws on a long career to help people sort priorities and set achievable goals. She supports people who are exploring their life purpose or wrestling with questions of faith. The emphasis is on the person’s strengths and on realistic steps forward.
Worku holds LMHC and LPCC credentials and practices in California. She offers sessions in English, Amharic and Oromo. Her way of working is steady and unhurried, aimed at helping adults build confidence and clearer relationships.
Therapy begins with talking through what feels most urgent. After that she and the client shape a plan together, combining listening, practical CBT tools and steady support. The focus is on small gains that add up to real change over time.
How client-centered and CBT work in online sessions
Client-centered therapy is about listening closely and following the person’s lead. The therapist focuses on understanding your experience, reflecting what she hears, and creating an accepting space to talk through difficult feelings. This approach helps adults feel heard and better able to name what matters most to them.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, is more directed and practical. It helps people identify thought patterns that contribute to anxiety, low mood or conflict, and then test new ways of thinking and behaving. CBT is useful for stress, anxiety, depression and communication problems where concrete skills make a difference.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. She will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit goals and preferences, and may blend listening-focused care with CBT techniques. That choice is revisited as progress is made so the plan stays relevant.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video is helpful for a full conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be lower bandwidth and easier to fit into a busy day. Live chat and text work well for shorter check-ins, reflective exercises or when writing through thoughts feels best. These options give flexibility to fit therapy into real life.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- California, Iowa
- Languages
- English, Amharic, Oromo