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As someone with lived experience relating to trauma, I understand the need to be validated, understood and experience compassion f...
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As someone with lived experience relating to trauma, I understand the need to be validated, understood and experience compassion from others.
Deidra Fuller is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in the state of Texas who has over 15 years of experience partnering with adults in their journey toward freeing themselves from addiction, trauma, depression, anxiety, difficult life transitions, and relationship challenges.
She earned her Bachelor's degree in Interpretation-ASL/English from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and received her Master's degree in Special Education-Rehabilitation Counseling from the University of Texas—Austin. She is a fluent user of American Sign Language and had a successful 30+ year career as a Nationally Licensed Sign Language Interpreter (NLSI).
Deidra believes that all clients have the answers they seek within themselves and only need a “tour guide” to find the path to those answers. She uses cognitive behavioral techniques (CBT) and motivational interviewing while focusing on strengths, mindfulness, spirituality, the development of coping skills, and solutions-focused approaches.
Deidra seeks to be your “tour guide” to self-discovery, reducing your depression/anxiety, learning coping skills to stop addictive patterns and behaviors, understanding your trauma and how it has impacted your life, and how to not let the past control your life.
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Making that first phone call is the hardest part after that we guide you to the help that fits your needs....
Making that first phone call is the hardest part after that we guide you to the help that fits your needs.
Growing up in west Texas, I was raised to be kind and giving with strong faith and family values. As a schoolteacher and counselor, I understand navigating the education system for both children and parents. With 15 years at a behavior hospital, I've worked with every type of mental health struggle. Depression is common in West Texas, and self-care is so important. I use many therapy types including play therapy, sandbox therapy, cognitive behavior therapy, and EMDR. Your treatment plan is created with your input and tailored to your needs. My schedule is flexible to accommodate work and school demands.
Using CBT and play therapy, I help people reach their mental health goals. Some need just a few sessions to get where they want to be; others benefit from ongoing support. Everyone is different. Some people just need to be heard, while others need coping skills or support with life decisions. We work together to find what works for you.
I'm constantly learning because mental health work is always changing. Working with all ages, I've discovered everyone has an inner child, so age isn't what matters—happiness is. Don't be afraid to take that first step and see if I'm the right fit for you. My flexible schedule works with West Texas life. I love new patients and look forward to helping you.
You deserve dedicated time with a mental health professional — it can be life-changing.
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My go-to approach for helping people in grief and loss counseling is helping the client understand the various stages of grief and that there is no “one right way” to grieve.
I encourage clients to use gentleness with themselves, journal, find grief support groups, and allow themselves to experience the emotions that come with grief and loss.
I know a client is making meaningful progress in grief and loss counseling when they are able to find new meaning and purpose for their life and able to begin new activities.
Attending grief support groups is an important way to supplement their counseling and obtain additional support outside of therapy.
To prepare for their first grief and loss counseling session, an individual can be prepared to talk openly and honestly with the therapist. If your sessions are on Zoom, determine if your internet speed is fast enough for Zoom sessions, be in a safe and private place, and plan not to be driving.
Grief and loss counseling helps people grieve difficult losses including the death of a loved one, the loss of a job, or the end of a relationship. It helps people navigate their grief process and eventually accept, understand, and move forward from their loss. Thriveworks grief therapists in Midland, TX have specific experience, training, and skills that enable them to best support grieving individuals.
Grief and loss counseling isn’t one-size-fits-all, but it involves sharing about your loss and then working with your counselor to acknowledge and accept your new reality in its wake. Your provider at Thriveworks in Midland, TX will design your treatment plan around your unique needs and goals for therapy, applying the counseling techniques that best support them.
If you have recently experienced an event like the death of a loved one, a breakup or divorce, the loss of a job, or another major life change, then you may want to seek grief and loss counseling. Grief can be caused by many experiences and events, so if you feel that you are having trouble moving on from a certain event or find that it is still impacting your life and functioning, grief and loss counseling can help you process it more effectively so that you can move on and once again find fulfillment and satisfaction in your life.
There are many counseling theories for treating grief, one of the most frequently used being the dual process model of grief which helps people acknowledge who or what they’ve lost through rumination while also adjusting to the new roles and identities that this loss has now placed on them. There are also many commonly used therapy approaches used in grief and loss counseling, including Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), and traumatic grief therapy.
Grief & loss counseling at Thriveworks is conducted both in person and online by video. We encourage you to choose the option that works best for you.
For many, grief and loss counseling lasts for about 6 months. For others, it may last shorter or longer, depending on the severity of their loss and their grief.
Includes individual, couples, child/ teen, & family therapy
Includes reducing symptoms with medication & management
Thriveworks Counseling & Psychiatry Midland is located near Midland Dr and Loop 250, off I-20. It is a short distance from the John P. Butler Park and near the St Nicholas Episcopal Church.
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