About Deia
Deia Lawrence is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) in Wisconsin who helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief, relationship struggles, and parenting challenges. She uses clear, practical conversations to help clients find steady ground when life feels overwhelming. She brings 18 years of experience working with people from varied ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds.
Her practice includes support for survivors of trauma, members of the LGBT community, people coping with depression, and those navigating life changes like career shifts or caregiving strain.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on the whole person - thoughts, feelings, and everyday routines. Deia draws on Client-Centered methods to listen closely and build trust. She also uses Cognitive Behavioral ideas to identify unhelpful thinking patterns and Emotionally-Focused strategies to address connection and intimacy issues.
Deia understands the strains of parenting a child with special needs from personal experience. That perspective informs her work with parents facing stress and caregiver burnout, and with people managing blended family or adoption-related concerns. Her approach is collaborative and practical.
Clients can expect straightforward tools, gentle challenge, and attention to culture and identity. Deia aims to help people make small, manageable changes that improve daily life and relationships.
Approaches that translate well to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening, acceptance, and meeting people where they are. In a session this means the therapist reflects what a person says and helps them notice their own goals and strengths. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect; it offers concrete exercises to shift unhelpful thinking and change behaviors to reduce anxiety or improve mood. Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people name and work through painful emotions and improve connection in important relationships.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked before, then try methods that fit those needs. That collaborative process can be adjusted as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video allows face-to-face conversation and reading nonverbal cues. Phone sessions can be an easier option when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging work well for brief updates, coaching-style prompts, or when typing feels more comfortable. These formats give flexibility to fit therapy into busy lives.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 18 years
- Licensed
- Wisconsin
- Languages
- English