Darlene Dezso, LICSW

Darlene Dezso is a licensed clinical social worker with 35 years of experience who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and relationship concerns. She also supports people dealing with compassion fatigue, codependency, life-purpose questions, and issues related to veterans and first responders. Darlene focuses on helping people find more balance, confidence, and a clearer sense of direction.

Her style centers on listening closely and adapting each conversation to the person's needs. She emphasizes self-love, empowerment, and practical steps that can fit into day-to-day life. Sessions are shaped around what feels most useful to the individual rather than a one-size-fits-all plan.

Darlene draws on approaches such as client-centered work, cognitive behavioral ideas, and techniques from emotion-focused and dialectical ways of working to address thoughts, feelings, and relationship patterns. She often blends insights to help people manage symptoms and build new coping skills.

With decades in private practice, she has worked with people at different points in life and with varied concerns. Her background includes assisting those affected by natural or human-caused disaster, hospice and end-of-life needs, and prejudice or discrimination-related stress.

People who choose her can expect respectful, compassionate care and realistic steps toward change. To begin, prospective clients are asked to use the site process to match and schedule sessions according to availability.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online work

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and building a trusting relationship. It helps when someone needs acceptance, clearer self-understanding, and support to make changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect and uses concrete steps to shift unhelpful patterns, which can ease anxiety and depression. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, emphasizes skills for managing intense emotions and improving distress tolerance and interpersonal effectiveness, useful for people struggling with overwhelming feelings.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapy process. The therapist will work collaboratively to identify goals, try methods, and adjust what’s used based on what feels most helpful. Clients and the therapist make decisions together about pacing and focus.

Confirm current session options before booking so you know how Darlene is offering appointments. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week and reduce travel time. It can also allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight, or let someone use less bandwidth by choosing audio-only contact if available. Ask about formats during the scheduling step to match sessions with your practical needs.