DeAnna Vaughan-Vitale, LCSW

DeAnna Vaughan-Vitale is an LCSW - Licensed Clinical Social Worker with about 30 years of practice. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, anger, and related challenges like parenting strain and addiction. Her base of practice is Arkansas and she also holds an Oklahoma LCSW credential.

She uses straightforward conversation and practical skills work. Sessions focus on what is happening now and on steps a person can try between visits. Techniques draw from cognitive behavioral approaches and acceptance-based strategies to help manage strong emotions and recurring reactions.

DeAnna also brings methods from client-centered and dialectical behavior approaches. That means attention to how a person sees themselves, clear behavioral tools, and learning ways to tolerate distress without acting on impulse. She aims to help people notice patterns that keep anger or anxiety stuck and to practice alternatives in everyday life.

The work often includes talking through recent incidents, building short skill sets for use at home or work, and setting realistic goals for change. She also addresses trauma, grief, and long-standing relationship or family-related concerns mentioned by the client. Sessions are practical and paced to the individual's needs.

Her background spans many common life stresses - caregiving strain, midlife transitions, adoption and attachment concerns, chronic illness, and challenges tied to control, codependency, or body image. DeAnna combines decades of experience with active problem-solving to help adults manage anger and other intense emotions.

How her approaches translate to online work