Deana Steele, LPC

Deana Steele is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 21 years of clinical experience in Colorado. She focuses on helping people who are dealing with anxiety, depression, stress, and low self-esteem. Parents reading this will see that she also supports concerns that touch family life and parenting struggles. Deana speaks English and draws on long experience to tailor sessions to each person.

Over two decades she has worked with children, teens, young adults, and individuals facing mood disorders, obsessive-compulsive patterns, personality challenges such as Borderline traits, and effects of traumatic brain injury. She listens for patterns that keep problems repeating and helps clients learn manageable ways to respond differently.

Her style is direct and compassionate. Sessions focus on practical steps people can try between appointments. She aims to help clients build new habits of thought and everyday routines that reduce distress and improve functioning.

Deana uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to guide work on emotion regulation, intrusive thoughts, and relationship stress. She encourages small, achievable changes and tracks progress over time.

Therapy begins with a brief matching intake and scheduling according to availability. Costs vary with location and a subscription model is used that can be canceled at any time. Prospective clients in Colorado who speak English can follow the Start Therapy button to complete a short questionnaire and book a first session.

Approach to therapy and how online work can help

Deana uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to guide her work in ways that focus on thoughts and everyday habits. One common approach she draws on addresses how automatic thoughts and beliefs influence feelings and behavior; sessions help people notice these thoughts and practice new, less distressing ways of thinking. Another approach targets repetitive behaviors and intrusive patterns, helping clients gradually change compulsive reactions through step-by-step practice and tracking of small wins.

Finding the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will review a client's concerns, goals, and preferences and suggest methods to try. Goals and techniques are revisited regularly so the plan can shift if something isn't helping.

Confirm the specific online session options before booking, since the biography does not list formats. In general, online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into busy days by removing travel time and allowing scheduling during breaks. They also allow shorter check-ins when that is more practical, and can reduce the need to arrange childcare or long commutes. Talk with the therapist during the matching process to learn which session formats are available and to plan what will work best for everyday life.