Deedra Ivie, LPC

Deedra Ivie is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Missouri with 10 years of experience. She focuses on helping people uncover their inner strengths and use them to handle stress, anxiety, depression, and life changes. Deedra learns about each person's background and current situation to shape practical next steps.

She commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, guiding clients to name their feelings and trace them back to the thoughts that trigger them. Once thoughts are identified, Deedra helps people try new ways of thinking and build coping skills that offer relief during intense emotions.

When emotions feel overwhelming, she draws on Dialectical Behavior Therapy to introduce mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotional regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness. Distress tolerance and mindfulness are often first steps to reduce immediate upset before moving into emotion regulation and relationship skills.

Deedra earned a Master of Arts in Counseling from Colorado Christian University. Her work history includes community mental health centers, treatment settings, and private practice, which gives her a range of clinical perspectives. She emphasizes straightforward, step-by-step tools rather than jargon.

Outside of practice she spends much of her time at home with her spouse and four children, homeschooling and caring for animals and a garden. She aims to create a collaborative space where people can make steady progress toward clearer thinking and calmer days.

How CBT, DBT, and Mindfulness Work Online

Deedra uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot unhelpful thoughts, test them, and try different ways of thinking. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, panic, and obsessive thoughts because it focuses on practical steps and behavioral changes.

She also draws from Dialectical Behavior Therapy when emotions feel intense. DBT breaks skills into mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotional regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness to reduce overwhelm and improve how someone relates to others.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, symptoms, and daily life to choose which skills to start with and when to shift focus. Clients can expect to set small homework tasks and check progress together.

Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video allows face-to-face connection for teaching skills, phone can be easier when bandwidth is low, chat and messaging work well for brief check-ins or fast questions. These options help people fit sessions into busy schedules and keep momentum between meetings.