Deanna Williams, LCSW, LICSW

Deanna Williams is a licensed social worker who focuses on helping people through major life challenges. She holds LCSW and LICSW credentials and brings eight years of clinical experience to her work in Alabama.

She uses a person-centered way of working that helps people feel heard and understood. That approach guides conversations about stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and addiction. It also supports people facing aging and geriatric issues, chronic illness, and caregiving strain.

Her sessions often include clear tools for coping and communication. She draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to spot unhelpful thinking patterns and dialectical behavior ideas to teach emotional regulation skills. Motivational interviewing helps when someone needs support changing substance use or other behaviors.

Deanna pays attention to isolation and the emotional toll of caregiving and hospice situations. She supports people dealing with cancer, postpartum changes, bipolar disorder, and compassion fatigue. She emphasizes practical steps that can be used between sessions.

People meet her in a respectful, nonjudgmental space where faith and personal values can be part of the conversation when desired. Beginning therapy focuses on what the person wants to change, and then they build small, realistic steps toward those goals together.

How therapeutic approaches guide online care

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening closely and following the person’s lead. The therapist creates space for clients to say what matters most and helps them clarify goals and values.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going. It teaches practical exercises to shift thinking and try new actions for issues like anxiety or depression.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist and client will discuss goals, needs, and preferences and choose or blend methods together. That collaborative process helps tailor sessions to what actually helps the person.

Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, such as scheduling around work or caregiving responsibilities. It also allows for check-ins that are shorter when needed, and options that avoid being on camera if that feels difficult. Because this profile did not list specific session formats, confirm current online session options before booking so you know what will be offered.