- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy
- Solution-Focused steps
About Deonia
Deonia Young is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with six years of clinical experience. She practices in Georgia and works with adults on concerns such as stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting pressures, relationship and family issues, anger, low self-esteem, depression, and ADHD. Deonia also lists additional focus areas including abandonment, adoption and foster care issues, attachment concerns, body image, caregiver stress, forgiveness, and guilt and shame.
She favors clear, practical conversations. Sessions focus on identifying patterns that keep people stuck and on small, manageable steps forward. Deonia uses tools from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy to help people reframe distressing thoughts and build coping skills. She also draws on Motivational Interviewing and Solution-Focused Therapy to set goals and track progress.
In sessions she pays attention to how relationships and early attachments shape current feelings. That perspective helps when working through shame, family of origin issues, or struggles around caregiving and attachment. She uses straightforward questions and exercises to make those connections tangible.
Deonia’s approach combines skill-building with practical problem solving. She might introduce thought records, behavioral experiments, emotion regulation techniques, or brief goal-focused steps depending on what a person needs. Progress is tracked in regular conversations about what is changing and what still feels hard.
Deonia offers care in English in Georgia. Costs vary with location, and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin a match, a person completes a short questionnaire and schedules a first session.
How her approaches translate to online care
Deonia draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy as key tools in her work. CBT focuses on noticing and testing unhelpful thoughts and trying small behavioral experiments to change how someone feels. DBT offers concrete emotion regulation and distress-tolerance skills for intense feelings and relationship strain. Both approaches are useful for concerns such as anxiety, depression, shame, and anger.She also uses Motivational Interviewing and Solution-Focused steps to help people set and commit to achievable goals. Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work together. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences as therapy proceeds.
The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Many people find that fitting sessions into a regular week helps maintain momentum, whether that means shorter check-ins, scheduled hour sessions, or arranging sessions around caregiving and work. Online sessions can make it easier to schedule therapy during a break at work, cut down travel time, or use less bandwidth by choosing audio only when needed. Licensed professionals adapt exercises like thought records, emotion regulation practice, and goal-setting to work in a remote format.
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Experience
6+ years
Listed in
California, Alabama, Georgia
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting pressures, relationship and family issues, anger, low self-esteem, depression, ADHD, and related areas such as abandonment and guilt and shame.
How would she approach shame or guilt in sessions?
She uses clear conversations and practical tools from CBT and DBT to look at thoughts and reactions, and helps set small steps to change unhelpful patterns that keep shame or guilt active.
What is her experience and background?
She has six years of clinical experience and a long history as a social worker, combining that background with several talk-and-skill based approaches.
What are her credentials and where does she practice?
She holds LICSW and LCSW credentials and practices in Georgia.
Does she work in other languages or with international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not accepting international clients.
What session formats are offered?
The biography does not list specific session formats; please confirm current session options before booking.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I start working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.