Dea Robinson, LMHC

Dea Robinson is a licensed mental health counselor with 14 years of experience. She began her clinical path in the U.S. Navy as a Corpsman and psychiatric technician, then completed a degree in clinical counseling. Dea combines that hands-on medical background with years of work across crisis, addictions, inpatient, school-based, and outpatient settings. She practices in Indiana and offers therapy in English.

Clients can expect a direct, practical style that focuses on making daily life more manageable. Dea uses common-sense tools from cognitive behavioral therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy to address stress, anxiety, depression, and mood concerns. She also applies EMDR and motivational interviewing when those approaches fit a person's needs.

Her clinical experience includes work with autism and ADHD, psychotropic medications, eating and sleeping problems, addiction concerns, and trauma-related issues. Dea helps people navigate relationship and intimacy questions, parenting challenges, career transitions, and feelings of emptiness or shame. She also has familiarity with veteran and armed forces issues from her military background.

Sessions often include practical skills, movement-based or somatic exercises, and occasionally creative art techniques to support mood and regulation. She may teach food-and-mood ideas and bilateral exercises alongside talk therapy. The overall aim is to build coping skills that people can use between sessions.

To start, a reader would select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability. Session scheduling and cost vary by location and use a cancellable subscription model.

How her approaches translate to online therapy

Dea uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try practical behavior changes. CBT can be useful for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and stress by teaching steps to test and shift daily reactions. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy focuses on identifying personal values and taking small actions toward them while learning to sit with difficult feelings; it often helps with avoidance, life transitions, and coping with pain or uncertainty.

She also applies EMDR when appropriate to address traumatic memories and the emotional responses they trigger. EMDR in therapy involves guided bilateral stimulation alongside memory processing to reduce the intensity of distress tied to specific events.

Choosing the best approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the person about their goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't helped before. Together they decide whether CBT, ACT, EMDR, or a mix of methods makes the most sense and adjust the plan as progress is made.

The original profile does not list specific online session formats, so confirm available options when you schedule. Many people find remote sessions help fit therapy into busy weeks, allow shorter check-ins on a lunch break, or remove travel time. Talk therapy can pair with somatic or bilateral exercises and creative homework to reinforce steps between sessions.