About Deveta
Deveta Gelispie is a licensed clinical social worker practicing in Illinois. She brings seven years of clinical experience and focuses on helping people handle relationship strain, depression, career worries, and major life changes. She uses straightforward conversation and careful listening to learn what matters to each person.
Sessions focus on building connection, naming problems, and finding steps that fit day-to-day life. Deveta draws on evidence-based ideas without overwhelming clients with jargon.
How Deveta works
Her work includes support for people coping with trauma, addictions, grief, and anger. She also helps with sleep difficulties, intimacy-related concerns, parenting stress, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and issues tied to identity and discrimination. Deveta pays attention to the whole person and the challenges around relationships and life purpose.
In session she mixes practical techniques with open conversation. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) tools can help change unhelpful thinking and routines. Solution-focused methods aim to build small, achievable steps toward clearer goals.
Deveta describes the therapeutic relationship as collaborative. She listens first, then suggests approaches that match a person’s circumstances and values. This makes work feel realistic and focused on real change.
People who want a direct, empathic style that also uses concrete skills may find her approach helpful. She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging for flexible scheduling and ongoing support.
Deveta lists 6 ways of working on the entry:
What Deveta works with
The areas below are the ones Deveta selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Commitment issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 7 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Illinois |
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Online support options
How her approaches work online and in sessions
Client-Centered Therapy centers the conversation on the person and what they want to change; the therapist listens deeply and reflects back what matters so people feel heard and clear about next steps. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and behaviors keep problems going and teaches concrete tools to shift thinking and routine for better mood and functioning. Existential Therapy helps people name life meaning, purpose, and values when facing major decisions or changes and supports honest reflection about what matters most.Finding the right approach often happens together. The therapist will work with each person to decide which methods fit their goals, personality, and daily life. That means adjusting techniques over time and trying different ways of working until the best fit is reached.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for deeper conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports quick check-ins, and messaging lets people share thoughts between sessions. These options help make regular work possible around work, family, and other commitments.
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