Deena Robertson, LPC

Deena Robertson is an LPC licensed in Virginia who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship struggles, and trauma. She has five years of professional experience and focuses on practical support that people can use between sessions. She emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and compassion in her work.

Deena adapts conversations and plans to match each person's needs. She uses a mix of approaches to help people build clearer values, handle painful emotions, and change unhelpful thinking and behaviors. Sessions are aimed at helping people notice patterns, try small changes, and practice new skills in everyday life.

Her background includes work with people coping with attachment and abandonment concerns, body image and self‑esteem issues, caregiver stress, and life transitions like divorce and midlife change. She also addresses panic symptoms, mood disorders, and feelings of isolation or purposelessness.

In a typical session she listens first, then helps set short-term goals. Work may include identifying behavior patterns, practicing emotion regulation skills, and testing new ways of communicating. She invites collaboration so the plan stays relevant and practical.

Deena asks clients to be active between sessions by trying tools and noticing what changes. She frames setbacks as information, not failure, and adjusts the approach when needed. Her goal is to help people find clearer direction and more steady daily coping.

Approaches that guide online work and next steps

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take small steps toward those values. It focuses on noticing thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them and trying experiments in daily life to test new ways of acting.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact. It involves identifying unhelpful thinking patterns, testing them, and practicing new behaviors to reduce symptoms like anxiety or low mood.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that fit their goals, needs, and comfort level. That process can include mixing elements from different approaches to match what helps most.

The profile does not list specific online session formats, so confirm options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. They also make it simpler to continue work during life transitions, helping people apply new skills directly in their everyday routines.