Deedra Ivie, LPC

Deedra Ivie is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who helps clients discover and strengthen the resilience they already possess. She approaches each person as an individual shaped by unique upbringing and life circumstances, taking time to understand past experiences, current thinking patterns, and present challenges in order to create a clear path forward.

Deedra commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, working with clients who struggle with depression and anxiety to identify the precise emotions they feel and the thoughts that underlie those emotions. From there she collaborates to reshape unhelpful thinking and to practice coping skills that bring relief during intense emotional moments.

When emotions are more intense or overwhelming, she draws on Dialectical Behavior Therapy. In DBT she guides clients through mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotional regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness so they can reduce immediate suffering, learn to manage strong feelings, and improve relationships.

Deedra earned a Master in Counseling from Colorado Christian University and has experience in community mental health centers, treatment facilities, and private practice. Outside of her clinical work she is married and the mother of four children, whom she homeschools. Much of her time is spent outdoors with family tending a garden and caring for animals including pigs, goats, dogs, chickens, and bees.

She looks forward to learning more about each person she meets and working together to make meaningful progress toward greater peace and wellbeing.