About Deonia
Deonia Young is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Georgia. She has six years of clinical experience and uses straightforward, practical methods to help people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and ADHD. She emphasizes a warm, respectful approach that makes it easier to talk about hard things.
Deonia focuses on problems that affect daily life, including grief, trauma and abuse, anger, and family conflict.
Background and approach
She also helps people dealing with parenting strain, caregiving stress, impulsivity, and self-esteem concerns. Sessions aim to identify small, useful changes that can make routines and relationships feel more manageable. Her work draws on attachment-based ideas to look at how relationships shape feelings and behavior.
She also uses cognitive behavioral strategies to change unhelpful thoughts and dialectical behavior techniques to build emotion regulation and coping skills. Motivational interviewing and solution-focused methods help set clear, achievable goals and keep progress moving. Deonia describes her style as warm and flexible.
She helps people map practical steps, try new skills between sessions, and adjust plans when life gets in the way. Her goal is to help clients leave sessions with a clearer next step. Sessions are offered in English and are conducted online through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
She practices in Georgia and holds the credentials LICSW, LCSW, and CSW.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Deonia commonly uses attachment-based approaches to look at how relationships shape thoughts and feelings. This can help when family history, attachment issues, or trust concerns affect current relationships and mood. She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety and depression.The right approach is often found together. Deonia works collaboratively to match methods to a person's goals, preferences, and the problem at hand. She may blend techniques and adjust the plan as progress is made or goals change.
Online therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make care more flexible. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and skill practice. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth or camera use is limited. Live chat and text messaging support brief check-ins, ongoing coaching, or steps between longer sessions. These options help fit therapy into work, caregiving, and busy days while keeping focus on concrete steps and skills.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- California, Alabama, Georgia
- Languages
- English
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