About Darlene
Darlene Dezso is a licensed independent clinical social worker with 35 years of experience based in Alabama. She focuses on helping people cope with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, trauma and abuse, and struggles with self-esteem. She also supports clients facing compassion fatigue and major life changes.
Her style is warm and listening-focused. She aims to meet people where they are and build a plan that fits each person's needs. Sessions emphasize practical steps for daily life alongside space to process painful experiences.
How Darlene works
Darlene draws on several well-known approaches to shape therapy. She uses client-centered methods to follow the person's priorities and cognitive behavioral techniques to identify and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. She also incorporates dialectical behavior ideas to teach emotional regulation skills.
Over three decades in practice have included independent practice work and a range of clinical settings. That experience informs a flexible approach to problems such as relationship strain, family of origin issues, codependency, and burnout in helping professions. People often seek her help for issues tied to major life events, loss, or feelings of emptiness and isolation.
She tailors conversations and goals so progress feels realistic and manageable. Taking a first step toward change is acknowledged as difficult, and she offers steady support through the process.
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What Darlene works with
The areas below are the ones Darlene selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Training and background
| Register | LICSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 35 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Alabama |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
Approaches that translate well to online care
Client-centered therapy emphasizes understanding each person's priorities and goals. Online sessions using this approach focus on listening, reflecting, and shaping the work around what matters most to the client, which suits issues like life purpose, emptiness, and grief.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at patterns of thought and behavior and teaches concrete skills to change them. Delivered by video or phone, CBT can help with anxiety, depression, and seasonal mood shifts by setting small homework tasks and tracking progress between sessions.
Dialectical behavior therapy, or DBT, offers practical tools for managing intense emotions and improving interpersonal skills. DBT-style skills work can be taught in short text check-ins or practiced during video sessions, which makes skill rehearsal easier to fit into a busy schedule.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to choose methods that match needs, goals, and preferences. That means adjusting techniques and pacing based on feedback and what proves most useful.
Online therapy at this practice is offered by licensed professionals through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These formats increase flexibility - video allows face-to-face discussion, phone can suit lower bandwidth or movement, chat and text let people check in between sessions or use shorter notes. The variety helps fit therapy into work, caregiving, or other daily demands.
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