LaDeana Artis, LCSW
Recovery through personal story and skills
Details
| Name | LaDeana Artis |
|---|---|
| Credentials | LCSW |
| Based in | New Jersey |
| Licensed in | New Jersey |
| Session format | Online |
| Languages | English |
| Years in practice | 13 |
About LaDeana
LaDeana Artis is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in New Jersey with 13 years of clinical experience. She draws on long practice helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and relationship and family concerns. Her approach centers on listening first and then building a plan that fits each person's life.
She describes her style as collaborative and person-centered. Sessions focus on the client's stories, how they make sense of events, and what patterns they want to change.
Background and approach
She uses practical strategies from cognitive behavioral work and acceptance-based methods to help people make shifts that matter day to day. LaDeana pays particular attention to attachment and relational patterns that shape how people connect. That includes work around abandonment, communication difficulties, codependency, and intimacy-related concerns.
She also supports people coping with grief, caregiver strain, and compassion fatigue. People bring many kinds of challenges to her work, including addictions, bipolar mood concerns, eating struggles, anger, and ADHD-related issues. She also has experience assisting those who face domestic violence, dissociation, and disruption in family systems like blended families or divorce and separation.
Therapy can include short-term skills practice or longer explorations of personal history and meaning. LaDeana blends narrative-informed approaches with attachment-based perspectives and structured tools so clients can try practical changes and also understand the stories that shape their lives.
What this therapist works with
Her listing names Stress, Anxiety, Relationship issues, Family conflicts among the things LaDeana works with, alongside the areas below.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches listed
- Narrative Therapy: Named in her listing among her approaches.
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): Listed by LaDeana among the ways she works.
- Attachment-Based Therapy: Listed by LaDeana among the ways she works.
- Client-Centered Therapy: Listed by LaDeana among the ways she works.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Listed by LaDeana among the ways she works.
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT): Listed by LaDeana among the ways she works.
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT): Listed by LaDeana among the ways she works.
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR): Listed by LaDeana among the ways she works.
- Mindfulness Therapy: Listed by LaDeana among the ways she works.
- Motivational Interviewing: Listed by LaDeana among the ways she works.
- Trauma-Focused Therapy: Listed by LaDeana among the ways she works.
- Training stated: This directory copies the approaches a therapist names and does not check training records. Ask LaDeana directly how much of the work is narrative and what a session usually looks like.
Narrative Therapy in this listing
Narrative Therapy appears in this therapist's own list of approaches. That tells you it is part of how she works. It does not tell you how much of a session it shapes, and this directory does not check or rate training.
If a narrative approach is what you are looking for, it is worth asking LaDeana directly how she uses it and what a session usually looks like.
Online session options
How narrative and acceptance approaches fit online therapy
LaDeana combines Narrative Therapy with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and attachment-informed ideas to guide online work. Narrative Therapy helps people examine the stories they tell about themselves and try out different meanings. It is useful for relationship patterns, identity questions, and changing the way past events are held in the present. ACT focuses on values and actions - it helps people make room for difficult thoughts while taking steps that matter to them. That approach can support anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes. Attachment-based ideas look at how early and ongoing relationship patterns shape current connections and communication, and they are helpful when working on intimacy, abandonment concerns, or codependency.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the process. The therapist will work together with the client to pick methods that match the client's goals, priorities, and comfort level. Sessions often blend story work with concrete skills so clients can practice new behaviors between meetings.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and interactive exercises. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging make it possible to share thoughts between meetings or to fit therapy into a busy schedule. These options give flexibility so people can keep therapy consistent with work, family, and daily life.
Common questions about this listing
What concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and family concerns, grief, addictions, eating issues, parenting strain, and related struggles such as attachment and abandonment issues.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is collaborative and person-centered. She listens for the client's story and uses narrative-informed thinking alongside practical tools like CBT and ACT.
What is her background and length of experience?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 13 years of clinical experience working in mental health settings.
Where is she located and what credential does she hold?
She practices in New Jersey and holds the credential LCSW with a New Jersey license.
Which languages are supported and can she work internationally?
Sessions are offered in English. She does not accept international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can take place via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on the client's preference.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
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