About Cletus
Cletus Deller is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) based in Florida with 25 years of experience. He prioritizes practical, goal-focused work that aims for clear changes in day-to-day life rather than long, open-ended talk therapy.
Cletus draws on approaches such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Attachment-Based Therapy, and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR). He focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, trauma and abuse, and relationship and intimacy-related issues.
How Cletus works
He also addresses concerns such as grief, anger, self-esteem, and ADHD. His background includes roles in education and many years in clinical practice. That combination informs a straightforward, instructional style that aims to teach skills and build habits that make life more manageable.
He frames sessions around concrete steps clients can take between meetings. Cletus also works with issues tied to attachment, abandonment, adoption and foster care histories, caregiver stress, chronic illness and pain, and communication and control problems. He approaches these topics with a focus on practical coping strategies and skills development.
Sessions are offered in English and he accepts international clients. Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. To begin, prospective clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule according to therapist availability via the Start Therapy button.
Cletus lists 11 ways of working on the entry:
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
What Cletus works with
The areas below are the ones Cletus selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Training and background
| Register | LMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 25 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Florida |
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Online support options
Practical therapeutic approaches for online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people clarify what matters most and take small actions toward those values while learning to live alongside difficult thoughts and feelings. It is useful for anxiety, stress, and motivation problems. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and patterns and replacing them with clearer, more useful ways of thinking and acting; it often helps with anxiety, depression, and everyday stress. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, EMDR, is used to process distressing memories and reduce their emotional intensity when trauma is a central concern.Finding the best approach is part of the work together. The therapist will review your needs, goals, and preferences and recommend a combination of methods if that will fit better. The process is collaborative and adjusted over time to match what proves most helpful for you.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility and makes it easier to fit sessions into a busy life. Video calls let you have a full-session experience, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat is handy for shorter check-ins, and text-based messaging supports ongoing, between-session contact. These options allow licensed professionals to deliver structured, skills-focused care even when meeting from different places.
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