Delishia Williams

Compassionate, skill-based support for life transitions

LISW Iowa

Experience: 15 years in practice
Focus areas: Stress, Anxiety, Grief, Self esteem
Approaches: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
Languages: English

About Delishia

Delishia Williams is a licensed social worker (LISW) who blends cognitive behavioral principles with person-centered and mindfulness-informed care to help clients regain balance and meaning.

Background and approach

With 15 years of clinical experience, she draws on a background in gerontology and nearly seven years supporting hospice patients, families, and healthcare staff to navigate intense life transitions. Her approach emphasizes practical skills, present-moment awareness, and the client’s innate strengths to address stress, anxiety, grief, depression, bipolar concerns, and substance-related issues.

Williams frames therapy as a collaborative exploration of values, coping patterns, and relationship dynamics, offering support for relationship and family challenges, communication struggles, and compassion fatigue. She also works with concerns such as self-esteem, sleep problems, parenting stress, career shifts, ADHD, and a range of additional issues including abandonment, body image, caregiving strain, and end-of-life matters.

Based in Iowa and practicing in English, she aims to create a respectful, nonjudgmental space where people can rediscover what matters to them and develop practical strategies for moving forward.

Integrating practical approaches in online therapy

Delishia Williams uses cognitive behavioral techniques to help clients identify unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and replace them with more effective coping strategies; this approach often suits people managing anxiety, depression, stress, and sleep difficulties. She also draws on client-centered therapy, which emphasizes empathetic listening and collaboration so the client’s values and goals shape the pace and focus of work in sessions. Mindfulness therapy is woven into her practice as well, offering tools to build present-moment awareness and reduce reactivity when facing grief, compassion fatigue, or intense life changes.

Finding the right combination of approaches is part of the therapeutic process, and she approaches that task collaboratively. Together with each client she explores goals, preferences, and practical needs to tailor interventions that feel manageable and relevant, adjusting methods over time as progress and circumstances evolve.

Online formats such as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging provide flexibility for people balancing work, caregiving, or health-related commitments. These options make it easier to keep continuity in care, try shorter check-in contacts, or access therapy from different locations while working with licensed professionals to develop skills and address meaningful life concerns.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does she address?

She works with a wide range of issues including stress, anxiety, grief, depression, bipolar disorder, addictions, relationship and family problems, parenting and sleep difficulties, and concerns related to ADHD and career changes.

What is her therapeutic style like?

Her practice combines client-centered listening with cognitive behavioral techniques and mindfulness so clients learn practical strategies while exploring personal values and meaning.

How long has she been practicing clinically?

She brings 15 years of experience to her work, including nearly seven years supporting hospice patients, families, and medical staff through life transitions.

What are her credentials and where is she located?

She holds the LISW credential with license number IA LISW 073082 and practices from Iowa.

Which languages does she use in sessions and does she accept international clients?

Sessions are offered in English and she is not currently accepting international clients.

What session formats are available for working together?

Clients can meet with her via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on their needs and scheduling.

How does pricing and payment work for her services?

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

What should someone do to begin therapy with her?

To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, Anxiety Grief Self esteem Coping with life changes Compassion fatigue

Also works with

AddictionsLGBTRelationship issuesFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseSleeping disordersParenting issuesAnger managementCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderDepressionCoachingADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAging and geriatric issuesAttachment issuesBody imageCancerCaregiver issues and stressCommunication problemsForgivenessGuilt and shameHospice and end-of-life counselingLife purposeMidlife crisisSelf-love

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Gottman MethodMindfulness Therapy

Experience

15+ years

Licensed

Iowa

Languages

English