Delainey Casey , LMHC

Delainey Casey is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) who focuses on women's issues, pregnancy-related concerns, and family stress. She draws on prior work as a labor and bereavement doula to support people through infertility, pregnancy and infant loss, and postpartum mood concerns. Her background also includes school-based roles where she supported young people facing behavioral health challenges.

She keeps sessions straightforward and practical. Delainey helps clients name what feels hard, learn coping skills, and try small changes that fit daily life. She uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques and a warm, calm approach to guide people through transitions and losses.

Her experience includes working with grief and loss, stress, anxiety, impulsivity, and social anxiety or phobia. She also helps with blended family issues, communication problems, and parenting challenges that arise during major life changes. Hospice and end-of-life counseling is another area she has supported.

Delainey has worked in both high school and elementary school settings and currently serves as a School Behavioral Health Professional in an elementary school in Florida. That setting shaped her practical focus on skills that families and children can use right away.

Clients can expect a calm, non-judgmental space to talk through painful events and everyday stressors. The aim is to build clearer self-understanding, strengthen coping, and move toward goals that matter to each person.

Approaches for pregnancy, loss, and family stress

Two evidence-based therapeutic techniques commonly used to address grief, anxiety, and parenting stress are problem-focused skills work and grief-focused support. Problem-focused skills work teaches concrete coping strategies and communication techniques that help with daily stress, impulsivity, and family or blended-family conflicts. Grief-focused support helps people process loss and pregnancy-related sorrow through guided conversation and pacing that honors each person’s rhythm.

Another helpful approach is short-term symptom reduction using behavioral strategies. This involves identifying patterns that keep anxiety or low mood going and trying small experiments to change them. These techniques can reduce overwhelm and make room for clearer decisions about parenting, relationships, or next steps after a loss.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about their goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they will choose or adapt techniques that fit the person’s life and needs rather than pushing a single method.

Online therapy with video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when a longer session is helpful. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is low or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text messages work well for brief updates, on-the-go reflections, or when writing out thoughts feels easier. These formats can make it simpler to fit care into busy days and ongoing life responsibilities.