Deidra Bentley, LPC

Deidra Bentley is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 11 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, addictions, depression, and relationship difficulties. She creates an affirming space where clients can talk about identity, intimacy, grief, and life transitions. Sessions are collaborative and paced to each person's needs.

Her style mixes practical skill-building with attention to feelings and body sensations. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) alongside mindfulness and acceptance-based techniques to break unhelpful patterns. Therapy often includes learning new coping skills, practicing them between sessions, and checking what works.

Bentley also addresses issues related to parenting strain, compassion fatigue, and ADHD, while exploring attachment, abandonment, and family-of-origin concerns when those matters come up. She supports people managing addiction and first responder stress by focusing on clear steps and motivation to change.

Her approach is trauma-aware and culturally responsive, which means she pays attention to how life experiences and social context affect well-being. Work in sessions can include grounding exercises, values clarification, and communication skills to improve day-to-day functioning.

Therapy with her is described as practical and person-focused. The goal is to leave sessions with tools to handle hard moments and a clearer sense of direction. She offers sessions by phone, video calls, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit varied schedules.

Approaches that translate well to online therapy

CBT, or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, focuses on spotting and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. It breaks problems into manageable steps and teaches practical skills for anxiety, depression, and addictive patterns. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people clarify values and accept difficult feelings while taking action toward what matters. It is useful for stress, identity struggles, and life transitions. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, emphasizes emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and better interpersonal skills, which can help with intense emotions and relationship conflict.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and daily reality, and then suggest approaches to try. That process is collaborative and can be adjusted over time based on what helps most.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility - video calls work well for in-depth sessions and visual connection, phone sessions can fit shorter check-ins or lower-bandwidth needs, and live chat or text-based messaging can support ongoing check-ins or brief coaching between meetings. These options make it easier to schedule sessions around work, caregiving, or busy days while keeping continuity of care with licensed professionals and therapists.