DeAnna Vaughan-Vitale, LCSW
Arkansas · 30 years in practice
DeAnna Vaughan-Vitale is a licensed clinical social worker with 30 years of experience helping people cope with stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, and depression.
License and registration
- LCSW, Arkansas
- 1241-C · expires November 2026
- LCSW, Oklahoma
- 22096 · expires December 2026
- NPI
- 1710916911 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 30
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About DeAnna
DeAnna Vaughan-Vitale is a licensed clinical social worker with 30 years of experience helping people cope with stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, and depression. She offers steady support for issues like compassion fatigue, addiction, sleep or eating struggles, parenting stress, and mood concerns such as bipolar disorder. Her tone is calm and direct, aimed at people who need practical help during hard times.
She creates a space where clients can talk through immediate problems and long-term patterns.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on building skills that make daily life easier, such as emotion regulation, communication tools, and routines that support sleep and eating. DeAnna blends several therapeutic approaches to match each person's needs. Her work includes trauma recovery using eye movement desensitization and reprocessing, as well as cognitive-behavioral strategies to shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.
She also uses client-centered principles to keep the client's perspective central, and acceptance and commitment ideas to clarify values and action steps. DeAnna practiced across multiple settings over her career, bringing practical experience with caregiving strain, adoption and foster care issues, aging concerns, chronic illness and pain, and relationship struggles.
She listens for patterns like abandonment or attachment worries and helps people set small, manageable goals. Sessions are offered in English and delivered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Her Arkansas practice follows Oklahoma and Arkansas licensure as a licensed clinical social worker, LCSW, and she works with each person to find a sensible path forward.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything DeAnna lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Depression
- Compassion fatigue
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Approaches DeAnna names
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
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Online support
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
DeAnna often blends cognitive behavioral techniques with acceptance and commitment ideas to help people change unhelpful thought patterns and commit to meaningful actions. CBT focuses on identifying and testing thoughts and behaviors that increase distress, which can help with anxiety, depression, sleep, and eating issues. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy asks people to notice what matters most to them and take small steps toward those values even when feelings are difficult.She also uses client-centered elements that prioritize the person's own perspective and pace. That means she listens first, reflects what she hears, and partners with clients to set goals that feel doable. Finding the right mix of approaches is a collaborative process; the therapist will work with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and comfort level.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy easier to fit into daily life. Video is useful for real-time work and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing tasks that benefit from visual interaction. Phone calls can be a lower-bandwidth option, while chat or messaging can suit brief check-ins or people who prefer writing. These options help people keep momentum when schedules are tight or travel is difficult.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does DeAnna help with?
She supports people facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, compassion fatigue, addictions, and relationship or family difficulties, among other issues.
What is her general therapeutic style?
Her style is calm and collaborative, aiming to build skills and practical routines while honoring each person's experience and goals.
How much experience does she bring?
She has 30 years of clinical experience working across a range of settings and concerns.
What credentials and location information apply?
She is a licensed clinical social worker, LCSW, licensed in Oklahoma and Arkansas, and practices with an Arkansas location.
Which languages and international options are available?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not accepting international clients.
What session formats does she offer online?
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different needs and schedules.
How does cost and billing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Choose the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions based on the therapist's availability.
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