Deedra Ivie , LPC

Deedra Ivie is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with ten years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people notice their inner strengths and use them to manage stress, anxiety, depression, and life changes. Deedra emphasizes simple, practical steps that can be used day to day to reduce distress and improve relationships.

She often begins by learning about a person's history and current routines. Deedra listens for the thoughts that drive strong feelings and then helps people name those emotions. From there she teaches ways to shift thinking and builds coping skills to ease intense moments.

For people having very strong or frequent emotional reactions, she draws on Dialectical Behavior Therapy to teach mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness. Those skills can reduce sudden overwhelm and improve how someone relates to others.

Deedra also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thinking patterns and offer practical tools to change them. Mindfulness practices are included to help ground attention and reduce rumination. This mix is often used for anxiety, mood concerns, panic, and obsessive thinking.

Her background includes work in community mental health centers and treatment facilities, along with private practice in Missouri. Deedra holds a Master of Arts in Counseling from Colorado Christian University and balances her work with family life on a small farm. She aims to make sessions clear, collaborative, and focused on steps that lead to relief.

How CBT, DBT, and Mindfulness work online

Deedra uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change the thoughts that feed anxiety and depression. CBT breaks problems into clear steps - thoughts, feelings, and actions - so clients can test new ways of thinking and behaving to reduce distress.

She draws on Dialectical Behavior Therapy when emotions are intense or overwhelming. DBT teaches mindfulness to stay present, distress tolerance to ride out crises, emotion regulation to manage mood swings, and interpersonal effectiveness to improve communication with others.

Mindfulness techniques are woven into sessions to help slow racing thoughts and improve focus. Simple breathing and attention exercises are taught so clients can use them during stressful moments or before sleep.

Finding the right approach is a team process. The therapist and client will discuss goals, try strategies, and adjust the plan based on what helps. This collaborative process helps identify which tools fit a person’s needs and daily life.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls work well for deeper conversations and skills practice. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for short check-ins. Live chat and text messaging allow for brief updates, quick skills coaching, or ongoing reflections between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to practice new skills where they will be used.