Derricia Walters, LMHC

Derricia Walters is a licensed mental health counselor based in Indiana. She holds a Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and brings four years of clinical experience to her work. Derricia favors a warm, person-centered style that focuses on real-life skills and clear goals.

She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, mindfulness practices, and elements from dialectical behavior therapy and emotionally-focused work. Sessions focus on practical strategies for stress, anxiety, anger, and low self-esteem. Derricia also helps people manage ADHD symptoms and related challenges like impulsivity and concentration struggles.

In the first sessions she listens to what matters most and helps set short-term steps. Conversations often include skill practice, thought work, and mindfulness exercises people can use between sessions. She places emphasis on strengths while also addressing barriers that get in the way of change.

Derricia helps with workplace stress, money and financial worries, and problems with communication or isolation. She also supports people who deal with panic attacks, social anxiety, phobias, somatic symptoms, and self-harm behaviors by building coping plans and safety-focused strategies.

Her approach is collaborative and straightforward. Derricia aims to make sessions usable for daily life, whether the need is emotional relief, clearer thinking, or better habits. She invites people to take small, manageable steps toward their goals.

How her approaches translate to online care

Derricia commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Client-Centered Therapy when working online. CBT focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and practicing new behaviors to change how people feel and act, which can help with anxiety, depression, panic, and phobias. Client-centered work emphasizes listening, empathy, and building on a person’s strengths so goals feel achievable and personally meaningful.

She also draws on Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills in sessions when needed, teaching emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness. These skills are practical and can be practiced between meetings to reduce impulsivity and manage intense feelings.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. Derricia will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and preferences, then suggest techniques to try. Work is collaborative and adjusted over time based on what helps most.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people use visual cues and longer conversations, phone can be simpler when bandwidth is low, live chat offers a shorter check-in option, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These choices give flexibility so therapy can fit day-to-day life.