About Desireah
Desireah Riley is a licensed professional counselor and licensed mental health counselor based in Texas who focuses on helping people manage relationship strain, addiction, grief, and self-esteem concerns. She uses a straightforward, person-centered style that puts the client’s experience first. Sessions aim to make emotional struggles easier to talk about and understand.
Her work begins by listening closely to what matters most to each person. She blends practical strategies with supportive conversation to address issues like communication problems, codependency, and attachment concerns.
Background and approach
That approach helps people learn new ways to relate and cope. She uses cognitive behavioral techniques to help identify unhelpful thoughts and change patterns that feed anxiety or low self-worth. Dialectical behavior skills are offered to manage strong emotions and develop better stress tolerance.
The Gottman Method tools are applied when relationship communication and commitment are central concerns. Desireah is also experienced addressing substance use and addictive behaviors alongside family and fertility stresses. She helps people navigate separation, forgiveness, and blended family challenges with clear steps and realistic goals.
Sessions are practical and focused on what can change now. With four years of experience, she aims to create a steady, nonjudgmental space for growth. Clients work together with her to set goals, try new skills, and track progress over time.
Therapy is tailored to each person’s needs and life situation.
How practical therapy approaches work online
Client-centered therapy starts by focusing on the person in front of the therapist. It emphasizes listening, empathy, and helping clients name their priorities, which works well for issues like grief, self-esteem, and caregiver stress.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It teaches simple exercises to challenge unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors, which can help with anxiety, low mood, and addiction-related patterns.
Dialectical behavior therapy, DBT, offers skills for regulating strong emotions, tolerating distress, and improving relationships. Those skills can be useful for mood swings, impulsive behavior, and intense conflict situations.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences, then try methods that fit those goals. This is a collaborative process and can be adjusted as needs change.
Online sessions give practical flexibility. Video calls let people maintain a face-to-face connection and follow nonverbal cues. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit during a lunch break. Live chat and text-based messaging provide brief check-ins, ongoing support between sessions, and a way to process thoughts without being on camera. These options help people fit therapy into busy lives while still working through relationship, grief, or addiction concerns.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intellectual disability
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Texas, Washington
- Languages
- English