LaDeana Artis, LCSW

LaDeana Artis is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in New Jersey with 13 years of clinical experience. She helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family concerns, trauma and abuse, addictions, grief, parenting challenges, anger, and related difficulties. Sessions are grounded in practical skills and real-life problem solving rather than abstract theory.

She uses a person-centered approach that adjusts to what each client brings. That means conversations focus on what feels most urgent and useful to the person in front of her. LaDeana blends methods from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Attachment-Based Therapy, and client-centered work to address emotion regulation, communication, and coping strategies.

Her past work includes outpatient therapy across a range of presenting issues such as abandonment and attachment wounds, codependency, control and communication problems, body image and eating concerns, and disruptive mood disorders. She also supports people dealing with perinatal mental health challenges, caregiver stress, and compassion fatigue. Treatment plans tend to pair skills training with deeper exploration of patterns that cause repeated conflicts.

In sessions she focuses on clear tools clients can use between meetings - for example breathing and grounding, behavior experiments, and communication practices. She also helps people track unhelpful thoughts and test new ways of responding when anger or intense feelings arise. Progress is discussed in concrete terms so clients can see what is changing.

To begin, clients are invited to complete a brief matching questionnaire and schedule an initial session. LaDeana works in English and does not take international clients.

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