About Desirea
Desirea Russell greets clients with a steady, practical approach. She emphasizes clear goals and real steps you can use between sessions. Desirea is a Licensed Professional Counselor who has worked in mental health since 2007 and brings seven years in her current practice setting.
She speaks English and sees people in Georgia and internationally for online work. Her sessions focus on what matters most to each person. She helps with stress, anxiety, anger, depression, bipolar mood concerns, addictions, ADHD, and relationship or intimacy issues.
Background and approach
She also supports people facing grief, career questions, parenting strain, and life transitions. Desirea blends client-centered listening with goal-focused methods. That means she hears your story first, then works with you to set practical steps toward change.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy tools are used to notice unhelpful thinking and test healthier patterns. Solution-focused ideas help break big problems into doable next steps. She has experience with trauma and can use trauma-focused techniques when needed.
Desirea also draws on vocational and career counseling skills for work-related concerns and financial stress. Her background includes individual and family contexts and work with mood and personality challenges. Sessions are conversational and task-oriented.
Expect gentle questions, concrete strategies, and homework you can try between meetings. The goal is steady progress you can measure, not quick fixes.
How her approaches work online
Desirea uses Client-Centered Therapy to make time for your story and priorities. That means sessions begin with listening and reflection so goals match what you want to change. This approach helps when you need someone to understand your experience before planning next steps.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors. It is useful for anxiety, depression, mood shifts, and some stress-related problems because it gives specific exercises to practice between sessions.
Finding the best fit is part of the work together. She will discuss options and adapt methods based on your needs, goals, and preferences so the plan feels collaborative and practical rather than one-size-fits-all.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone meetings, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different needs. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions require less bandwidth and can fit into a busy day. Live chat and text sessions work for quick check-ins, shorter updates, or ongoing written reflection. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent when schedules are tight or travel is required.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Bipolar disorder
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Georgia
- Languages
- English