Deia Lawrence, LPC

Deia Lawrence is a licensed professional counselor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief, relationship strain, trauma, and parenting challenges. She works with clients navigating identity concerns, LGBTQ issues, and life transitions. Her approach is down-to-earth and focused on practical steps that fit each person's life.

She brings 18 years of experience working with people from diverse ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds. That experience includes supporting survivors of sexual and physical trauma and those coping with marginalization and social identity concerns. Deia emphasizes mind, body, and spirit when people want a more whole-person approach.

Deia blends straightforward talk with tools that help change unhelpful patterns. She uses client-centered listening to understand what matters most, cognitive behavioral ideas to rethink unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, and techniques from emotionally-focused and mindfulness approaches to strengthen emotional awareness. Motivational interviewing helps people find the will to make changes when they feel stuck.

As a parent of a child with special needs, she draws on lived experience when supporting caregivers facing similar challenges. She also serves on the board of a nonprofit that assists families of children with special needs, many from disadvantaged and Latino communities.

Outside of work she enjoys watching Jeopardy!, playing with her cat, and hosting gatherings for friends and family. Deia aims to offer compassion, respect, and practical partnership as people work toward clearer goals and healthier daily routines.

How therapy approaches work online

Deia frequently uses cognitive behavioral ideas to help people find and change unhelpful thought and behavior patterns. CBT often involves setting small goals, testing new behaviors, and tracking progress to reduce anxiety, depression, and sleep troubles.

She also practices client-centered therapy which focuses on listening and understanding each person's experience without judgment. That approach helps people feel heard and build the trust needed to explore difficult topics like trauma, grief, or identity concerns.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Deia will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match goals and values, mixing listening, practical skill-building, and emotion-focused work as needed.

Online formats available include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation for in-depth work, phone calls can fit into a brief break or when bandwidth is limited, live chat is useful for focused check-ins, and messaging supports short updates or ongoing reflection. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and maintain momentum between sessions.