About Deana
Deana Fisher is a licensed master social worker with 40 years of professional experience based in Michigan. She focuses on practical help for stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, grief, and problems at work or home. Deana aims to make the first step easier and meets people where they are.
Her work centers on clear conversation and concrete skills. She uses approaches such as cognitive behavioral techniques and trauma-focused methods to help people understand patterns and make changes.
How Deana works
Dialectical behavior strategies and motivational interviewing are also part of her toolkit when strengthening coping and motivation. Sessions are shaped to each person's needs. Deana listens for what matters most, then builds a plan that fits daily life.
The focus can shift between short-term problem solving and longer-term coping strategies depending on goals. Deana also helps with family-related stress, parenting challenges, blended family issues, adoption and foster care concerns, and family of origin problems. She supports people facing chronic illness, caregiver strain, and the emotional fallout of divorce and separation.
Her style is respectful, sensitive, and compassionate. Conversations are straightforward and aimed at helping people develop skills they can use between sessions. Deana encourages small steps and celebrates progress along the way.
Deana lists 4 ways of working on the entry:
What Deana works with
The areas below are the ones Deana selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LMSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 40 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Michigan |
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Online support options
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Deana commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy and trauma-focused therapy in her work. Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and changing behavior through practical exercises, which can help with anxiety, depression, and stress. Trauma-focused therapy helps people process past painful events and develop safer ways of coping and managing triggers.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't worked before, then choose or combine methods that make sense. Adjustments are made over time so the plan stays useful and relevant.
Online sessions include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and exercises, phone sessions can fit into a busy day or use less bandwidth, live chat works for shorter check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing coaching and reminders between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or health routines.
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