About Deonna
Deonna Crabtree uses a client-centered approach to help people tackle anxiety, depression, trauma, and life changes. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Missouri with 20 years in the mental health field. Her style is relaxed and collaborative, and she aims to make first steps feel manageable.
She focuses on practical conversation and problem-solving. Sessions are shaped around each person's needs, whether the concern is stress, mood disorders, relationship strain, or challenges with focus and impulse control.
Background and approach
Deonna listens first, then helps set small goals that fit day-to-day life. Her work includes supporting people coping with grief, addiction, parenting strain, compassion fatigue, and issues tied to self-esteem and identity. She has experience with trauma and abuse and assists clients processing related feelings like guilt, shame, and emptiness.
Those facing panic, bipolar mood swings, or disruptive mood concerns can find structured support and pacing in sessions. Deonna blends techniques from cognitive behavioral work, motivational interviewing, and solution-focused conversation to make progress feel concrete. She encourages skills you can use between appointments and checks what is or isn't working as treatment continues.
The approach emphasizes collaboration and respect for each person's pace. Most meetings happen online via video, phone, chat, or messaging so people can fit therapy into busy lives. To begin, a short matching questionnaire helps connect someone to scheduling that suits them.
Deonna aims to make therapy feel like an honest conversation, not a performance.
Approach-focused online therapy that fits your life
Deonna often uses client-centered work that focuses on listening and building a collaborative relationship. That approach helps people feel heard and guides conversations so the person sets the pace and priorities. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, is also a core part of her practice and focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and testing small behavior changes to reduce anxiety, panic, and mood swings.Finding the right approach is part of the process. Deonna works together with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and comfort level. Sessions start with trying things out and then adjusting based on what helps most, so the plan evolves with the client.
Online therapy offers practical benefits for busy lives. Video calls let people use visual cues and shared materials, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a hands-free check-in is needed, and live chat or text-based messaging can suit quick check-ins or those who prefer writing. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving, or unpredictable days while keeping treatment consistent and goal oriented.
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What this counselor works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Missouri
- Languages
- English