About Deanna
Deanna Butera is a licensed clinical social worker who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, relationship strain, trauma and abuse, and issues around confidence and motivation. She draws on a decade of professional experience in New York to offer steady support and practical steps. Her style is warm and straightforward for people who may be unsure where to begin.
She creates a space where clients can say what they think and feel without judgment.
Background and approach
Sessions center on building small, usable changes that fit daily life. Deanna prioritizes clear goals and simple strategies rather than jargon or long theoretical explanations. Her work often addresses self-esteem, body image concerns, panic and mood disorders, and social anxiety or phobia.
She also helps people who are navigating control issues, forgiveness, and learning to practice more self-love. ADHD is listed among her focus areas and she works with attention and organization challenges alongside emotional concerns. Deanna uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques tailored to each person.
She talks through coping skills, emotion regulation, and ways to shift unhelpful patterns. Progress is tracked in concrete terms so clients can see what’s changing. People seeking help are welcomed to explore what’s most pressing and practical for them.
The aim is to make therapy feel doable and directly relevant to everyday life. Deanna offers video, phone, chat, and messaging options so work can continue around a busy schedule.
Practical approaches and flexible online care
Deanna uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on real-world change. One common approach she uses emphasizes skill building for emotion regulation and anxiety management - teaching breathing, grounding, and behavioral strategies to reduce panic and improve daily functioning. Another approach centers on problem-solving and behavioral adjustments to help with attention, organization, and the everyday challenges people with ADHD often describe. These methods are task-focused and geared toward improving routines and follow-through.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Deanna collaborates with each person to identify goals and then tries methods that match those goals. If a strategy isn’t helpful, she adjusts the plan so the client and therapist can find what fits best together.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which make it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules. Video is useful for longer conversations and teaching skills that benefit from visual demonstration. Phone sessions can be a good choice when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and messaging work well for brief updates, between-session support, or people who prefer writing to talking. These formats let therapy continue even when getting to an office would be difficult.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English
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