About Dean
Dean Moyer is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 30 years of experience. He takes an individualized, down-to-earth approach and focuses on practical steps people can use right away. He aims to be warm and approachable so clients feel comfortable talking about hard things.
Over three decades of practice have shaped a pragmatic style. He draws on client-centered methods and evidence-informed techniques to help with anxiety, depression, addiction, mood disorders, and trauma.
How Dean works
Sessions emphasize strengths, skills, and small changes that add up over time. Dean uses familiar tools like cognitive behavioral strategies and dialectical behavior ideas to help people manage difficult thoughts and strong emotions. Mindfulness practices are offered when they fit a person’s goals.
Motivational interviewing is available for those working through substance use or making major life changes. He has worked with people from varied backgrounds on relationship and family concerns, parenting strain, caregiver stress, grief, and career problems. Dean pays attention to how life events shape daily functioning and coping.
He often helps people build routines and clear steps to reduce overwhelm. Sessions aim to be collaborative and solution-focused. Dean encourages acceptance of past experience while looking for practical ways to move forward.
He invites straightforward conversation about goals, obstacles, and what will feel useful day to day.
Dean lists 9 ways of working on the entry:
What Dean works with
The areas below are the ones Dean selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- ADHD
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Coping with life changes
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 30 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Pennsylvania |
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Online support options
Approaches that fit online counseling
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and building trust. The therapist follows the person’s lead, helping them find personal solutions and clarify goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical strategies to change unhelpful patterns. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, emphasizes emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal skills to reduce overwhelm and improve relationships.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and daily routines to decide which methods to try first. That decision is collaborative and can change as needs evolve during treatment.
Online sessions offer flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people use visual cues and a more traditional session format. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can be easier to fit into a break at work. Live chat or text messaging can support brief check-ins, skill practice, and ongoing contact between longer sessions.
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A practical next step
Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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