Tameka Dean , LPC

Tameka Dean is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Georgia with over 17 years of experience across inpatient, residential, partial care, outpatient, and in-home settings. She brings a breadth of clinical experience to work with individuals facing depression, anxiety, family conflict, struggles with self-love, and concerns within the LGBTQ community. Her approach centers on guiding and empowering people as they explore emotional wounds, clarify goals, and build practical strategies for change.

Tameka draws from an array of therapeutic methods, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and client-centered approaches. She adapts these tools to help clients address stress, relationships, addictions, grief, intimacy-related issues, and challenges such as panic disorder, seasonal affective disorder, guilt, shame, and life purpose. In some cases she shifts into a coaching stance to help clients create a clear roadmap toward their objectives.

Tameka values a collaborative therapeutic alliance based on open communication, honesty, and mutual respect. She finds professional reward when people reach moments of insight and begin to see themselves as active captains of their healing. Please note that she sees clients via phone or video sessions.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps identify and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. It is practical and goal-oriented and often supports work on anxiety, depression, stress, and panic symptoms. Mindfulness Therapy introduces attentive, present-moment awareness and gentle acceptance of experience. It can reduce reactivity to stress, support emotional regulation, and complement work on self-love, guilt, and shame. Solution-Focused Therapy centers on strengths and small, achievable steps toward clients' goals. It is forward-looking and useful for building communication skills, addressing relationship and family concerns, and creating a clear roadmap for change.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. The therapist will collaborate with each person to explore goals, preferences, and life context and will tailor techniques so the work fits the client. This collaborative stance helps ensure therapy aligns with what the person finds most helpful.

Online therapy offers flexibility in how sessions happen - by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging - making it easier to fit care into busy schedules or for those who prefer remote options. Licensed professionals can use these formats to provide consistent support, refine strategies between sessions, and maintain momentum toward meaningful change.