Deana Haynes

Compassionate, integrative therapy for lasting change

LCSW North Carolina

Experience: 4 years in practice
Focus areas: Stress, Anxiety, Family, Trauma and abuse
Approaches: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Languages: English

About Deana

Deana Haynes is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) offering integrative, client-centered care informed by four years of professional experience. She holds licenses in North Carolina and Florida and blends evidence-based techniques with attention to the whole person.

Background and approach

Her background includes training in EMDR to assist clients processing trauma, alongside methods that address anxiety, depression, stress, and complex emotional patterns. Her style is warm, steady, and practical, aiming to create a collaborative space where clients can explore identity, life transitions, and relationship or parenting challenges.

She draws from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy as part of an integrative approach, tailoring strategies to each person’s needs while honoring individual beliefs and worldviews. Deana helps clients build insight, strengthen emotional regulation, and develop coping strategies that support meaningful, sustainable change.

Whether facing grief, burnout, career shifts, or long-standing patterns that feel hard to alter, she offers paced, supportive care. She welcomes diverse perspectives and emphasizes a human, relatable therapeutic relationship focused on resilience and gradual progress.

Evidence-informed approaches for online healing

Deana draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help clients identify and shift unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors, offering practical skills for managing anxiety, depression, and stress. She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to support values-based action and emotional flexibility, helping people move toward meaningful goals even when difficult feelings arise. Additionally, her training in EMDR informs trauma-focused work, offering a structured method to process distressing memories and reduce emotional intensity when that approach fits a client’s needs.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each client to explore their goals, preferences, and history, and together they will adjust methods over time to find what feels most helpful and sustainable. That shared decision-making helps ensure therapy aligns with both the client’s values and practical needs.

Online therapy provides flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, allowing clients to engage in care from wherever they are. These formats make it easier to fit sessions into busy lives, maintain continuity during transitions, and access a licensed professional without geographic constraints.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does Deana address?

She works with a wide range of issues including anxiety, depression, stress, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, grief, intimacy-related issues, parenting, anger, career matters, bipolar disorder, compassion fatigue, and ADHD, plus many related areas.

What is her general therapeutic approach and style?

Her work is integrative and client-centered, combining evidence-based therapies with a trauma-informed, holistic stance that aims to be warm, steady, and practical.

How much clinical experience does she have?

She has four years of professional experience as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker supporting varied client needs and life transitions.

What credentials and location are listed for the therapist?

She is an LCSW licensed in North Carolina and Florida with license numbers NC LCSW C019236 and FL LCSW SW25305, and she lists North Carolina as her location.

Can people who speak other languages or live abroad work with her?

Sessions are provided in English, and she accepts international clients as part of her practice.

Which session formats are available for therapy?

She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different preferences and schedules.

How are fees and subscriptions handled?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

What are the steps to begin working together?

To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a session according to the therapist’s availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyFamily conflictsTrauma and abuse Self esteem Depression

Also works with

GriefIntimacy-related issuesParenting issuesAnger managementCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderCoping with life changesCoachingCompassion fatigue ADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAging and geriatric issuesAntisocial personalityAttachment issuesAutism and Asperger SyndromeAvoidant personalityBlended family issuesBody imageCaregiver issues and stressCo-morbidityCodependencyCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDependent personalityDisruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)Divorce and separationEmptinessFamily problemsFatherhood issuesFertility issuesFirst responder issuesForgivenessGuilt and shame ImpulsivityInfidelityIntellectual disabilityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMidlife crisisMoney and financial issuesMood disordersNarcissismPanic disorder and panic attacksPersonality disordersPost-traumatic stressPrejudice and discriminationSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSelf-loveWomen's issuesWorkplace issues

Therapeutic approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Existential TherapyEye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)Mindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingInternal Family Systems

Experience

4+ years

Licensed

North Carolina, Florida

Languages

English