Works with
How DeAnna works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Arkansas, Oklahoma
- Years in practice
- 30
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About DeAnna
DeAnna Vaughan-Vitale is a licensed clinical social worker with 30 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and anger. She works with individuals facing trauma, addiction, relationship strain, sleep and eating issues, and the ups and downs of life transitions. Her tone is steady and practical, aimed at people who need straightforward help for pressing problems.
She uses a mix of well known therapeutic approaches to match each person's needs.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on clear skills and real-life changes rather than jargon. DeAnna aims to help clients build coping tools, handle strong feelings, and make choices that reflect their values. Her background includes long experience in clinical practice in Arkansas and Oklahoma as an LCSW, supporting people through loss, caregiving stress, and identity concerns.
She brings calm, direct guidance to conversations about trauma recovery and addiction concerns. The work is collaborative and paced to the client's readiness. Typical sessions include learning strategies for managing anger and intense emotions, practicing communication and boundary skills, and addressing patterns like codependency or avoidance.
She also helps clients who struggle with chronic illness, body image, adoption and attachment questions, and career changes. DeAnna emphasizes steady progress over time. She helps people notice small shifts that add up to lasting change.
The practical focus is on day-to-day habits, better emotion regulation, and clearer decision making that fit each person's life.
What DeAnna works with
Everything DeAnna lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in DeAnna's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Depression
- Compassion fatigue
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Approaches DeAnna lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Evidence-informed approaches for online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts without getting stuck in them and take actions that match what matters most. It is often useful for anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thought patterns and practicing new behaviors to reduce distress and improve daily functioning. It is commonly applied to anxiety, depression, sleeping problems, and anger management.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist and client talk about goals, try techniques, and adjust methods as needed. That collaborative process helps find what feels most helpful for each person's situation.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video sessions let people work through emotional material face to face, phone sessions can fit a break at work or require less bandwidth, live chat is useful for shorter check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep momentum between meetings.
Questions people ask about DeAnna
What kinds of concerns does this therapist help with?
She supports people coping with stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, depression, anger, addictions, relationship and family challenges, sleep and eating problems, and life transitions.
What is her therapy style like?
Her style is steady and practical with an emphasis on skills and everyday changes. Sessions focus on problem solving, emotion regulation, and values-driven choices.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She brings 30 years of counseling experience working with people through grief, trauma recovery, caregiving stress, and other complex issues.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds LCSW credentials and practices in Arkansas, with prior licensure in Oklahoma noted as OK LCSW and AR LCSW.
Which languages are offered and are international clients supported?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
She meets by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with this therapist?
Choose the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.