- Years in practice
- 7
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Illinois, Virginia
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Self esteem
- Focus
- Career difficulties
About Deveta
Deveta Gelispie is a licensed clinical social worker with seven years of experience helping people navigate tough life moments. She works from Illinois and focuses on practical support for everyday struggles. Many people reach out about relationship stress, parenting strains, mood concerns, and changes that feel overwhelming.
She favors direct listening and building connection first. Sessions aim to make sense of what is happening now. Deveta helps clients identify small steps that fit their life and values.
Background and approach
Her approach draws on client-centered care and cognitive behavioral methods. That means conversations center on the person in front of her and on noticing thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going. She also integrates solution-focused and motivational techniques to set clear goals and move forward.
Deveta regularly works with concerns such as depression, anxiety, grief, trauma and abuse, anger, and addictions. She also supports people dealing with career decisions, self-esteem, intimacy questions, sleep struggles, and identity or multicultural stress. Clients can expect a collaborative pace and straightforward tools to try between sessions.
She encourages practical experiments and small changes that add up over time. The goal is to make daily life feel more manageable and aligned with what matters to each person.
What Deveta works with
Everything Deveta lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Deveta helps people with.
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- ADHD
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Commitment issues
- Family problems
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Personality disorders
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Approaches Deveta lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Practical approaches adapted for online care
Client-centered work focuses on hearing your experience and responding to what matters most to you. That approach helps people feel understood and shapes goals that fit their life and values.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and behaviors affect mood and actions. It gives concrete strategies to test unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors, which can help with depression, anxiety, sleep, and everyday stress.
Deveta treats finding the right approach as a team effort. She will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. From there she recommends a mix of methods and adjusts plans as work proceeds.
Online therapy offers flexibility across several formats. Video calls are useful for deeper conversation and visual cues, phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed, and live chat or text-based messaging can fit brief check-ins or workday breaks. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules while keeping continuity between sessions.
Questions people ask about Deveta
What kinds of concerns does Deveta address?
She works with a wide range of issues including relationship stress, parenting challenges, depression, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, addictions, sleep problems, self-esteem, and career questions.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style emphasizes listening, building connection, and practical problem solving. Sessions blend client-centered support with cognitive and solution-focused techniques to set goals and try small changes.
What is her background and experience?
Deveta holds a Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential and has seven years of clinical experience working with diverse people on mental health and interpersonal concerns.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is licensed as an LCSW in Illinois and also holds a Virginia LCSW credential, with practice based in Illinois.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the United States work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
What formats are available for sessions?
Sessions can be done via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How does cost and starting therapy work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to availability.
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