About Dean
Dean Williams works with people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, grief, career concerns, and changes in life. He is an Oregon-licensed professional counselor and a licensed marriage and family therapist. He uses straightforward, practical methods to help people feel steadier and take the next step.
He mixes talk and action in sessions. Dean helps people notice unhelpful thoughts, connect with stronger values, and try small behavior changes. He teaches skills for managing mood, improving sleep, and reducing impulsive habits.
How Dean works
Career conversations focus on clearing blocks, finding motivation, and shaping a meaningful plan. Clients often bring relationship or intimacy concerns, trouble with boundaries, codependency, or attachment questions. He also supports work on self-esteem, guilt and shame, loneliness, and finding life purpose.
Men’s midlife issues and seasonal affective concerns are among his areas of attention. Dean uses several approaches to match each person’s needs. He draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to build values-based action, cognitive behavioral techniques to shift thinking patterns, and attachment-based work to address relational patterns.
He also uses client-centered listening and elements of the Gottman Method for relationship skills. He has practiced for 11 years and combines therapy with career counseling when helpful. Sessions aim to feel practical and focused, with tools you can try between meetings.
Dean is based in Oregon and conducts sessions in English.
Dean lists 8 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.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Career difficulties
Also listed
- Addictions
- Attachment issues
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
Training and background
| Registers | LPC, LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 11 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Oregon |
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Online support options
How Dean’s Approaches Work Online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take small steps toward those values while managing difficult thoughts and feelings. This approach can help with anxiety, low mood, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms like anxiety and depression. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns affect current connections and helps people build healthier ways of relating.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist and client decide together which methods to try based on goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Sessions may shift over time as new needs emerge and progress is reviewed collaboratively.
Online therapy offers flexibility in how people meet. Video calls let therapists and clients use visual cues and interactive exercises. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a session needs to fit into a busy day. Live chat and text-based messaging can be practical for brief check-ins, homework support, or when someone prefers writing to talking. These options make it easier to keep momentum and practice skills between sessions.
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