DeAnna Christian
Compassionate, experienced Ohio LISW guiding practical change
LISW Ohio
- Experience
- 17 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Family, Trauma and abuse
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
- Languages
- English
About DeAnna
DeAnna Christian is a Licensed Independent Social Worker (LISW) with 17 years of practice in Ohio. She focuses on helping people navigate stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family challenges, addiction, trauma and grief, and a wide range of life transitions.
Background and approach
DeAnna draws on both clinical experience and personal life experience, including work with foster care and adoption situations and advocacy through court-appointed special advocate (CASA) work. Her counseling style is described as warm and genuine, emphasizing respect, sensitivity, and compassion while treating each person as an individual rather than a diagnosis.
DeAnna uses a blend of evidence-informed approaches, including cognitive behavioral techniques, motivational interviewing, and dialectical behavior therapy, tailoring interventions to fit the client’s needs and goals. She aims to meet clients where they are and supports practical coping strategies for issues such as parenting stress, sleep disturbances, anger, self-esteem, and career concerns.
DeAnna offers services through formats suited to remote care and works with English-speaking clients in Ohio. She holds an Ohio LISW with a supervisor designation (OH LISW I.0029653-SUPV) and brings both professional training and nearly two decades of experience to her practice.
Approach Options and How Online Sessions Work
DeAnna offers several structured approaches that translate well to online work. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns to reduce symptoms like anxiety, depression, and stress; it often includes practical exercises and skill-building between sessions. Client-centered therapy emphasizes empathy, respect, and collaboration so clients feel heard and are supported in exploring personal goals and values; this approach can help with relationship concerns, grief, and self-esteem issues. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) combines emotion regulation, distress tolerance, interpersonal effectiveness, and mindfulness skills to help manage intense emotions and improve coping strategies.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss concerns, preferences, and goals to determine which methods or combination of methods fit best, and she adapts treatment as needs change over time.
Online therapy sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, which can make scheduling more flexible and reduce the need to travel. These options support ongoing work on skills, check-ins between sessions, and access to care from home or other convenient locations, while allowing licensed professionals to tailor pacing and tools to each client’s circumstances.
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Experience
17+ years
Licensed
Ohio
Languages
English