DeAnna Vaughan-Vitale, LCSW
Arkansas · 30 years in practice
DeAnna Vaughan-Vitale is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people navigate stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, 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 who helps people navigate stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, and depression. She brings 30 years of clinical experience to work through struggles like addiction, parenting strain, sleep and eating problems, and coping with life changes. Her tone is straightforward and calm, aimed at people who need clear, steady help.
She uses an approach that centers on the person in front of her.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on understanding what matters to the client, noticing patterns that cause pain, and trying practical steps to feel better. DeAnna blends several methods to match what each person needs instead of following a single formula. Her background includes long experience with trauma recovery, compassion fatigue, and chronic illness or pain.
She also supports people dealing with career shifts, relationship issues, and attachment or abandonment concerns. That range comes from decades of seeing how hard life events shape emotions and behavior. In sessions she tends to be direct but warm.
Conversations often include learning new coping skills, changing unhelpful thoughts, and practicing ways to tolerate strong feelings. She aims to help clients build resilience and self-compassion while working toward realistic goals. DeAnna holds an LCSW credential and works with adults in Arkansas.
Therapy can be scheduled in several online formats to fit different needs. To start, a short questionnaire helps match goals and logistics before arranging sessions.
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
- Existential Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Therapeutic approaches and online options
Existential therapy helps people look at questions of meaning, choice, and what matters most in life; it can be useful when facing big changes, loss, or questions about identity. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on clarifying values and taking committed action while learning to accept difficult thoughts and feelings rather than fighting them. Client-Centered Therapy centers the client's experience, offering empathy and support while the person finds their own solutions.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals, symptoms, and preferences and then suggest methods that fit. Decisions about which techniques to try are made together and can change as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video calls are close to in-person conversation and suit deeper dialogue. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit into a busy day. Live chat and text messaging allow brief check-ins, ongoing reflection, or support between longer sessions. These options help people keep therapy consistent while balancing work, caregiving, or travel.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She supports people facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, addiction, relationship and family concerns, and issues like sleep or eating problems.
What is her therapy style like?
Her style is warm and straightforward. Sessions mix listening with practical exercises and goal-focused conversation.
How much experience does she bring?
She has 30 years of clinical experience working with adults on a wide range of emotional and life challenges.
What credentials and location apply to this therapist?
She is an LCSW and practices in Arkansas with professional licensure also held in Oklahoma.
Can I work with her if English is not my first language?
Sessions are offered in English.
Which session formats are available?
Sessions can be done by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How does billing and cost work?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
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