Delores "Dee" Willits-Rahrs , LIMHP

Delores "Dee" Willits-Rahrs helps people facing stress, anxiety, addictions, family conflict, depression, and big life changes. She is Delores Willits-Rahrs, a licensed independent mental health practitioner with 31 years in the field. She uses straightforward, practical sessions aimed at finding workable solutions for everyday problems.

Dee focuses on what matters now and what can change. She listens without judgment and builds a plan with each person. Sessions emphasize clear steps, problem solving, and learning skills that fit daily life.

Her approach draws on client-centered work. That means the conversation centers on the person's concerns and goals. Cognitive behavioral therapy techniques are used to notice unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy ideas help people accept hard feelings while taking steps toward their values.

Mindfulness practices and solution-focused tools are part of sessions when they help. Dee also addresses relationship issues, blended family concerns, caregiving stress, aging and geriatric issues, substance use, and forgiveness work. She combines methods to match each person’s situation.

Dee has experience with many kinds of life stressors, including illness, loss, divorce, and work or financial strain. She emphasizes responsibility, practical choices, and occasional humor to ease the process. The goal is steady, manageable progress that fits each person’s life.

Practical approaches for online therapy and change

Delores often uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice difficult thoughts and feelings while still taking steps that match their values. ACT can help when anxiety, depression, or life changes make it hard to move forward. She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify thought patterns that keep problems going and to try different behaviors that produce clearer results.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences and then combine methods that fit the situation. This is a collaborative process aimed at matching tools to what the person needs now.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy easier to fit into life. Video is useful for deeper conversations and exercises, phone works well when bandwidth is limited, chat can be a quick check-in, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options give flexibility for scheduling, location, and how much time someone can commit.