Derylene Proctor, LMHC

Derylene Proctor is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor with 30 years of clinical experience in Florida. She focuses on helping people manage depression, anxiety, addiction struggles, and relationship challenges. Her style is direct and compassionate, aimed at practical steps people can use between sessions.

She often brings a Christian-informed perspective when clients request values-based support. That can include discussing faith as a resource while focusing on everyday skills for managing emotions and decisions. Derylene helps clients clarify what matters to them and set small, achievable goals.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, is a common tool she uses to help people notice unhelpful thinking and change behaviors that keep problems going. She also uses Motivational Interviewing to strengthen a client’s own reasons for change, especially around substance use or commitment issues.

Common topics she addresses include self-esteem, anger, forgiveness, impulsivity, and isolation. She supports people facing life transitions such as midlife crises, divorce or separation, and recovery from drug and alcohol problems. Communication problems and control issues are other frequent themes in her work.

Derylene aims to create a calm, nonjudgmental space where clients can try new ways of coping. She focuses on concrete skills, clearer communication, and steps toward long-term purpose and self-love. Her goal is to help people leave sessions with something practical to try that day.

Using CBT and Motivational Interviewing Online

Derylene commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which helps people identify patterns of thinking that contribute to stress or depression and learn small behavior changes to feel better. She also uses Motivational Interviewing to help people find and strengthen their own reasons to change, which is useful for substance use, commitment issues, and other difficult shifts.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and challenges and then tailor methods that fit each person’s situation. Clients and therapist check in regularly to see what is helping and adjust the plan together.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility for busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face work when visual cues are helpful. Phone sessions can fit a short break at work or be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging make brief check-ins and ongoing support possible between sessions. These options help people maintain steady progress without travel and make scheduling more manageable.