Deedra Ivie , LPC

Deedra Ivie is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Missouri who brings a practical, strengths-based approach to therapy. With a Master's in Counseling from Colorado Christian University and 10 years of clinical experience, she draws on work in community mental health centers, treatment facilities, and private practice to support people facing depression, anxiety, relationship challenges, parenting struggles, grief, and life transitions.

She commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help clients pinpoint the thoughts behind their emotions and build concrete coping skills. For more intense emotional responses she applies Dialectical Behavior Therapy, guiding people through mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotional regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness so they can relate to others and themselves in healthier ways. Mindfulness techniques are woven into sessions to help reduce reactivity and create space for new responses.

Deedra pays close attention to each person’s background and current circumstances, exploring family of origin issues, codependency, communication patterns, and sources of guilt or shame to tailor an individualized path forward. Outside of clinical work she is married, homeschools four children, and spends much of her time outdoors caring for a small homestead that includes pigs, goats, dogs, chickens, bees, and a garden. She looks forward to learning more about each person and how therapy might support meaningful change.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps identify the thoughts that contribute to difficult feelings and teaches practical strategies to change unhelpful thinking patterns. It is often used for anxiety, depression, and mood concerns and focuses on skills that can be practiced between sessions.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) emphasizes mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotional regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness. It is useful for people experiencing intense emotions or relationship difficulties and offers step-by-step tools to stabilize reactions and improve communication.

Mindfulness Therapy teaches present-moment awareness and acceptance techniques that reduce reactivity and support clearer decision making. These practices can be integrated with other approaches to help manage stress and increase self-awareness.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. A therapist will work with each person to assess needs, goals, and preferences and to adjust methods over time so the plan fits the individual.

Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, making it easier to fit appointments into busy lives. Licensed professionals can use these formats to teach skills, review progress, and provide ongoing support without requiring in-person visits.