Deveta Gelispie, LCSW

Deveta Gelispie is a licensed clinical social worker who brings seven years of practice to her work in Illinois. She focuses on practical, down-to-earth help for people navigating tough moments. Sessions are calm and straightforward, with an emphasis on listening and building connection.

Deveta uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, client-centered techniques, and solution-focused strategies to address everyday problems. She helps people notice unhelpful thinking, try small behavior changes, and find steps that feel doable. Her approach is direct but warm, aimed at making progress in regular life.

She often works with concerns around relationships, self-esteem, and career stress. She also supports people facing depression, grief, trauma and abuse, and struggles with addiction. Other areas she addresses include sleep problems, anger, intimacy-related issues, bipolar concerns, and ADHD-related challenges.

Deveta pays attention to how cultural background, prejudice, and social pressures affect wellbeing. She also addresses attachment issues, commitment and jealousy, money and financial worries, and life purpose questions. Her work includes attention to personality disorder challenges and antisocial personality concerns when they arise.

Sessions may include motivational interviewing techniques to clarify goals and increase readiness for change. Clients can expect practical suggestions, space to tell their story, and collaborative goal-setting that matches their pace.

Approaches that guide online work

Client-centered therapy focuses on understanding your perspective and reflecting it back so you feel heard and clearer about choices. It helps when someone needs space to tell their story and build confidence in their own decisions.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and offers straightforward techniques to test and change unhelpful patterns. It is commonly used for depression, anxiety, sleep issues, and behavior changes that affect daily life.

Solution-focused work zeroes in on small, achievable steps and immediate goals. This approach is useful when you want to make concrete changes quickly and track progress in short-term ways.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as needs change.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction for in-depth conversation. Phone sessions are helpful when bandwidth is limited or for a check-in that doesn’t require video. Live chat and messaging let people share notes, handle brief updates, or work through issues between longer sessions. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into a busy life.