DeAnna Hall

DeAnna Hall is an Illinois licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) with nine years of professional experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, family conflict, trauma and abuse, depression, and people coping with life changes. Her practice also addresses communication problems, forgiveness, guilt and shame, loneliness, life purpose, self-love, and social anxiety. DeAnna structures sessions around careful listening and practical conversation. She adapts the way she talks and plans work to the concerns a person brings. Expect clear, direct discussion about what feels most urgent and small steps you can try between meetings. Her background includes substantial experience supporting people after difficult events and during transitions. She uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help with managing anxiety, working through past harms, and adjusting to new circumstances. DeAnna focuses on helping people sort through what matters now. That can include clarifying life purpose, repairing communication, or addressing persistent shame and guilt. She emphasizes actions and exercises that can be used in daily life, not just talk in the session. Her approach aims to be respectful and sensitive to each person’s situation. To begin, she asks questions to understand goals and then collaborates on a plan to address those goals over time.

Therapeutic approaches and working online

DeAnna uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to address common concerns. Cognitive approaches focus on identifying unhelpful thought patterns that feed anxiety and low mood, and then testing new ways of thinking. These methods help with worry, social anxiety, and feelings of shame or guilt.

She also draws on trauma-informed strategies that prioritize safety and pacing. Those strategies help people process past harms, reduce trauma-related reactions, and build steady coping skills for daily life.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss options, consider what feels most useful, and adapt methods to a person’s goals and preferences. This is collaborative and may change as needs shift.

Confirm which session formats are offered before booking, as the biography does not list specific formats. Online sessions can make it easier to fit meetings into a full week, allow shorter check-ins when time is limited, and avoid travel time. Talk with the therapist about practical scheduling needs so sessions can fit into everyday life.