Deonia Young, LICSW, LCSW, CSW

Deonia Young is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Georgia. She has six years of clinical experience and brings a straightforward, warm approach to sessions. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and trauma, and supports those navigating grief, parenting pressures, and major life changes.

She emphasizes practical tools from cognitive behavioral therapy to help people notice unhelpful thinking and try new behaviors. She also uses ideas from attachment-based work to look at how relationships and early experiences shape current patterns. Dialectical behavior therapy skills and motivational interviewing techniques often appear in sessions to build emotion regulation and motivation.

Her style is conversational and goal oriented. Sessions typically include skills practice, step-by-step problem solving, and checking what actually helps between meetings. She aims to make therapy feel manageable and relevant to day-to-day life.

Deonia also addresses family-related concerns such as communication problems, family of origin issues, and caregiver stress. She works with people facing identity and body image concerns, abandonment and adoption issues, midlife questions, and struggles with impulsivity or isolation.

Sessions are offered in English and take place online by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. People who want to begin are invited to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule according to the therapist's availability.

CBT and attachment-focused care online

Deonia commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and try practical behavior changes. CBT works well for stress, anxiety, depression, and many everyday problems by breaking issues into manageable steps.

She also draws on attachment-based ideas to explore how early relationships affect current patterns. That work helps when communication, trust, or family history get in the way of feeling stable. Dialectical behavior therapy skills are used to teach emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and clearer communication when strong feelings arise.

Finding the right blend of approaches is part of the work. Deonia collaborates with each person to choose techniques that match their goals, preferences, and pace. She checks in and adjusts the plan as progress is made.

Online sessions are available as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is useful for fuller conversation and skills demonstration, while phone sessions can fit a break at work or require less bandwidth. Live chat and text messaging offer shorter check-ins and flexible ways to stay connected between longer sessions. These options make it easier to use therapy without major schedule changes.