Deveta Gelispie , LCSW

Deveta Gelispie is a licensed clinical social worker with seven years of practice in Illinois. She brings a calm, direct approach when helping people sort through relationship and personal struggles. Deveta focuses on clear conversation and practical steps more than labels. Her style centers on listening, building connection, and working toward usable change.

Her background includes work with mental health, interpersonal conflict, and trauma-related concerns. She uses a mix of client-centered ideas, cognitive behavioral techniques, and solution-focused strategies to tailor sessions to each person. That means conversations are rooted in your experience while also looking for small, achievable shifts.

Deveta often helps people dealing with depression, self-esteem issues, life transitions, and addictive patterns. She also supports people handling grief, anger, sleep problems, and challenges tied to attention or mood differences. Women’s issues are a named focus area she addresses as part of broader personal and relational work.

Sessions typically involve practical skill-building alongside deeper exploration of personal values and purpose. She uses motivational interviewing to clarify goals and strengthen commitment to change. The work is collaborative - she helps people set modest steps they can try between meetings.

Deveta holds an LCSW credential - Licensed Clinical Social Worker - with licensure in Illinois and Virginia. She offers phone and video sessions plus live chat and text-based messaging, allowing different ways to connect based on what fits a person’s schedule and needs.

Therapeutic approaches that adapt to online care

Client-centered therapy focuses on the person's experience and the therapist's empathic listening. It helps when someone needs a supportive space to talk through feelings and clarify what matters to them. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns and teaches concrete skills to change them; it is often useful for depression, anxiety, sleep problems, and mood regulation.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and then try methods that fit those needs. That collaborative process means approaches may be mixed or adjusted as progress and priorities become clearer.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people see facial cues and hold a fuller conversation, while phone calls use less bandwidth and can fit a break at work. Live chat or messaging can be helpful for short check-ins, quick skill practice, or when someone prefers typed communication. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into daily life.