About Deidre
Deidre Means is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Texas who helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, depression, addictions, grief, and intimacy concerns. She also supports people with eating and body image issues, parenting stress, career changes, and compassion fatigue. Her approach aims to make therapy practical and focused on real-life steps.
Deidre uses a client-centered stance that listens carefully to each person's priorities.
How Deidre works
She pairs that with solution-focused tools to set short-term goals and with cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thoughts and habits. When trauma is present, she brings trauma-focused methods to work through difficult memories and reactions. Sessions are presented in straightforward language.
Deidre emphasizes collaboration and clear goals so progress feels measurable. She draws on eight years of experience in school-based and clinical mental health settings to shape a flexible, down-to-earth practice. People can expect a calm, respectful space where they are treated as the expert on their life.
Deidre helps identify small changes that build toward bigger shifts in mood, relationships, and daily functioning. She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging so therapy fits different schedules and needs. All work is conducted in English and is provided from her Texas practice as a LPC.
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What Deidre works with
The areas below are the ones Deidre 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
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Money and financial issues
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 8 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Texas |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches for online care
Deidre blends client-centered work with cognitive behavioral techniques to make online sessions feel collaborative and action oriented. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding each person's goals so sessions follow the client's pace and priorities. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps identify unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns and teaches practical skills for managing anxiety, depression, and stress.Finding the right approach is part of the process. She will work with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences. That collaboration helps set short-term goals and adjust techniques as progress unfolds.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions are useful for in-depth conversations and visual cues, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat can suit quick check-ins, and text messaging supports brief reflections between appointments. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and to continue work consistently over time.
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