Deidra Bentley is a licensed professional counselor with 11 years of experience helping people through difficult life changes.
01About Deidra
Deidra Bentley is a licensed professional counselor with 11 years of experience helping people through difficult life changes. She offers a calm, affirming presence for adults who are feeling overwhelmed by anxiety, depression, addiction, grief, or identity questions. Her style is straightforward and compassionate, aimed at practical steps that make daily life feel easier.
In sessions she listens for the patterns that keep worries and painful feelings repeating. She helps people name what matters most, and then tries small, doable actions to change those patterns.
Background and approach
That can mean learning new ways to handle stress, working on communication, or coping with burnout and compassion fatigue. Bentley pays attention to how past experiences show up now. She brings approaches such as mindfulness, acceptance work, and cognitive strategies into conversations.
She also uses ideas from dialectical behavior methods to help with strong emotions and relationship strain. Her practice is affirming of LGBT identities and aware of how marginalization affects mental health. She also works with concerns like parenting strain, intimacy issues, ADHD, adoption and foster care history, attachment struggles, and first responder stress.
She describes therapy as a collaborative process where the client's goals guide the pace and focus. People who choose her can expect clear feedback, practical tools to try between sessions, and a focus on strengthening self-acceptance and resilience. Bentley offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
02Credentials
- LPC (Georgia)
- License LPC008407 · expires September 2026
- NPI
- 1942757992 · national provider identifier
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03Focus areas and approaches
Everything Deidra lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Depression
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Methods Deidra names
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
These are the methods Deidra names on their own professional profile. Naming an approach is not evidence of training or certification in it, and this directory checks no training records. Ask directly if it matters to you.
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04Online support
How therapeutic approaches work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice hard thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them. It focuses on deciding what matters most and taking small steps toward those values. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical skills to shift unhelpful patterns and reduce anxiety or depression. Dialectical Behavior Therapy offers concrete skills for managing intense emotions, improving distress tolerance, and strengthening communication in relationships.Finding the best approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't helped before. Together they try methods that fit the person's life and adjust the plan over time based on what helps most.
Online sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to match different needs. Video calls are useful for a fuller conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can fit a break at work or require less bandwidth. Live chat and messaging offer shorter check-ins and flexible ways to reflect between sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around busy schedules.
05Questions people ask
What concerns does this therapist help with?
She supports adults facing stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, grief, trauma and relationship issues. Additional focuses include parenting strain, ADHD, body image, and first responder stress.
What is her therapeutic style like?
The approach is collaborative and practical, with a calm, affirming tone. Sessions focus on clear steps and skills to reduce distress and improve daily functioning.
How much experience does she have?
She has 11 years of clinical experience working with adults through life transitions and identity-related concerns.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor, designated as LPC, practicing from Georgia.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
Therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different preferences and schedules.
How does billing and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling based on the therapist's availability.
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