DeAnna Christian, LISW

DeAnna Christian is a Licensed Independent Social Worker (LISW) who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, and relationship or parenting struggles. She offers straightforward support for everyday problems like sleep troubles, anger, low self-esteem, and coping with life changes. Her approach is warm and respectful, and she aims to treat each person as an individual rather than a label.

With 17 years of experience as a clinician in Ohio, she draws on personal experience as a foster parent, adoptive parent, and Court Appointed Special Advocate to inform her perspective. That background helps when working through adoption, attachment, blended family issues, and family-of-origin concerns.

In sessions she uses cognitive behavioral therapy, motivational interviewing, and dialectical behavior therapy to build practical skills. She focuses on concrete strategies people can use between sessions to manage anxiety, cravings, or intense emotions. She also uses eye movement desensitization and reprocessing and mindfulness techniques when trauma or stress responses are central to the problem.

Her style is direct but compassionate. She aims to meet people where they are and tailor the work to individual needs and goals. Sessions include talking through concerns, practicing new coping skills, and planning small steps forward.

DeAnna works in Ohio and conducts therapy in English. She brings a mix of clinical experience and lived experience to help people navigate change, grief, parenting challenges, and recovery from substance use or trauma.

How evidence-based approaches translate to online care

CBT, or cognitive behavioral therapy, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and changing behaviors to reduce symptoms like anxiety, depression, and sleep problems. Sessions often include specific exercises and homework to practice new skills between meetings.

Client-centered work emphasizes listening, empathy, and building a trusting relationship so people feel heard. That approach helps when someone needs support processing grief, life transitions, or family-related stress. Dialectical behavior therapy, or DBT, teaches skills for regulating emotions, tolerating distress, and improving communication, which can be useful for intense mood swings, anger, or relationship challenges.

Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped in the past, then adapt methods to fit the situation. Together they will try techniques and adjust the plan based on what works for the client.

Online therapy offers flexibility in how people connect. DeAnna provides video calls for face-to-face conversations, phone sessions for lower bandwidth or when being on camera is difficult, live chat for shorter check-ins, and text-based messaging for ongoing support between appointments. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, follow up between sessions, and practice skills in real time.