About DeAndrea
DeAndrea Peterson is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Alabama who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, ADHD, relationship and family concerns. She uses practical, down-to-earth strategies to help clients take small steps forward when life feels overwhelming. Her approach is direct but compassionate and focused on what works in everyday life.
She believes there are no one-size-fits-all solutions. Sessions focus on clear, simple tools that fit a client's daily routine.
Background and approach
DeAndrea draws on 14 years of experience working in residential, non-traditional educational, and outpatient counseling settings to shape how she responds to each person's needs. In sessions she emphasizes collaboration and concrete goals. That might mean short-term plans to ease anxiety, skills for handling anger, or ways to improve communication in a relationship.
She frames progress as steady movement forward, even when change feels slow. DeAndrea blends practical methods from client-centered work and cognitive strategies. She also uses skills from dialectical approaches and solution-focused planning to help people handle emotions and make realistic plans.
Motivational interviewing techniques support clients who feel stuck or unsure about change. She has training and a background in criminal justice, counseling, and psychology, and holds a Master of Science in Counseling and Psychology. People choosing her often want straightforward feedback, measurable steps, and a partner who will encourage steady progress.
How her approaches fit online therapy
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and responding to a person's experience without judgment, helping them feel heard and understood while they decide what changes to try. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact and uses practical exercises to reduce anxiety or depressive patterns. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, teaches skills for managing intense emotions and improving relationships through emotion regulation and mindful coping.Finding the right method is part of the process. The therapist works together with each person to choose approaches that match their goals and day-to-day life. That collaborative process helps shape which strategies are emphasized over time.
Online formats make ongoing work more flexible. Video calls are useful for full sessions and visual connection. Phone sessions can fit a break at work or require less bandwidth. Live chat and text-based messaging are helpful for brief check-ins, reminders about skills, or when someone prefers typed communication. These options help people maintain momentum and access support around their schedule.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Intimacy-related issues
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- Alabama
- Languages
- English
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