- CBT informed
- Direct and empathetic
- Focus on healing
About Deanna
Deanna Rasnic is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas who helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, grief, depression, addictions, trauma, and codependency. She speaks plainly and offers practical guidance to help people manage life changes and improve their day-to-day functioning. Deanna aims to help clients understand how the past affects the present so they can move forward with clearer choices.
She uses cognitive behavioral techniques to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors. Deanna describes her style as empathetic, direct, and practical. She offers a space to sort through painful feelings without judgment and to figure out concrete next steps.
Her background includes more than 28 years in counseling, with over a decade in private practice working with individuals, couples, adolescents, and families. She has a long history of supporting people through divorce, blended family challenges, co-parenting, parenting at different stages, and adoption-related concerns.
Deanna has worked in agency settings and provided pre- and post-adoption counseling to birth parents, adoptive parents, and adopted children. She also brings experience helping people with eating and body-image concerns, intimacy and attachment issues, abandonment and family-of-origin wounds, and coping with career or life transitions.
She holds a Master of Arts in Marriage and Family Counseling and a Master of Arts in Religious Education from Southwestern Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas, and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of Louisiana at Monroe. Deanna combines experience and straightforward tools to help people take practical steps toward healing.
How cognitive tools and online care come together
Online work can use Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people track thoughts, test new behaviors, and practice different ways of coping. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and trying small, practical changes to see what helps with anxiety, depression, and stress.Deanna combines a straightforward, empathetic style with CBT techniques to help people sort out relationship issues, codependency, grief, and other concerns. She approaches treatment collaboratively and will work with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and daily life.
Session formats are not listed in the provided biography, so confirm current online options before booking. Many people find that working with a licensed therapist online makes it easier to fit appointments into a busy schedule, keeps follow-up work manageable between sessions, and allows consistent progress even when life gets hectic. The therapist will help match the approach and logistics to the client's needs and preferences so therapy can fit into everyday routines.
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Experience
28+ years
Credentials
Texas
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of issues does this therapist help with?
She supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, grief, depression, addictions, trauma, codependency, eating and intimacy issues, and major life changes.
What is the therapeutic style and approach?
She describes her approach as empathetic, non-judgmental, direct, and practical. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy techniques are used to help people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.
How much experience does she have?
She has 28 years of counseling experience, including more than ten years in private practice and many years in agency settings.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor - LPC - licensed in Texas and practices from Texas.
In which language can sessions be conducted?
Sessions are offered in English, and international clients are accepted.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not specify session formats, so please confirm current session options before booking.
How are costs handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with this therapist?
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