Therapist profile
Deanna Mullins, LCSW
LCSW focused on family and parenting concerns
Continue with DeannaAbout
- Stress and anxiety
- Grief and loss
- EMDR and CBT
About Deanna
Deanna Mullins is an LCSW - Licensed Clinical Social Worker licensed in Idaho and Oregon with 20 years of professional experience. She helps people manage stress and anxiety, cope with grief and loss, and address trauma and depression. Her practice also covers parenting concerns, relationship strain, addiction, ADHD, and other life changes.
Her approach is straightforward and practical. She listens first, then works with each person to set clear goals. Sessions focus on skills you can use between meetings, like behavior changes, coping strategies, and short exercises to reduce distress.
Deanna uses methods drawn from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, EMDR, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing. That mix is aimed at reducing overwhelming feelings and rebuilding routines that work better at home and at work. She explains tools in simple terms and practices them together during sessions.
People often come with parenting stress, family conflict, or the fatigue of caregiving. Deanna helps them break problems into manageable steps and tries to make progress feel realistic. She also supports adults facing midlife transitions, chronic illness, end-of-life issues, and challenges tied to military service.
If someone prefers direct, goal-focused work, she offers that style along with space to talk through difficult emotions. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session to see if the fit feels right.
How sessions work
Therapeutic approaches and working online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy focuses on noticing thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them and choosing actions that match valued directions. It can help when life feels overwhelming or when routines and roles at home need adjusting.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at how thoughts, behaviors, and emotions interact. It offers concrete techniques for changing unhelpful thinking patterns and building new habits that reduce anxiety and low mood.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing is a trauma-focused approach that can reduce the intensity of distressing memories through structured processing. It is often used when past events keep coming back and affect daily functioning.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which method or combination makes sense based on their concerns, goals, and preferences. That decision can change over time as progress is tracked together.
Confirm current session options before booking so you know the formats offered. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, shorten travel time, and allow for focused check-ins between obligations. They also let people use methods such as CBT exercises, mindfulness practice, and trauma processing from wherever they join, while keeping the focus on usable skills for home and caregiving life.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
20+ years
Listed in
Idaho, Oregon
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of family or parenting issues are addressed?
She supports adults facing parenting strain, family conflict, and caregiver stress. Common topics include balancing responsibilities and managing parent-child stress.
What is her general approach in sessions?
Sessions are goal-focused and practical. She listens, helps set targets, and teaches skills to use between meetings.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 20 years of professional experience working with a wide range of concerns including trauma, grief, and addiction.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is an LCSW - Licensed Clinical Social Worker licensed in Idaho and Oregon and is based in Idaho.
Does she offer sessions in other languages?
Sessions are offered in English only.
Can people outside the US work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are sessions priced?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started with a first session?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is in danger, use the crisis numbers.