Dr. Tess DeProw , LPC

Dr. Tess DeProw is a licensed professional counselor and holds a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology. With 30 years of experience, she has worked with people facing a wide range of concerns, from depression and bipolar challenges to addiction, anxiety, trauma, and relationship difficulties. Over her career she has supported clients through parenting struggles, grief, career transitions, intimacy-related issues, and the stress that accompanies life changes.

She helps clients identify personal strengths and uses those strengths as the foundation for practical plans to improve daily functioning and overall quality of life. Her clinical work draws on several evidence-informed methods, including cognitive-behavioral therapy, strength-based approaches, motivational interviewing, and narrative therapy. These tools are applied to empower clients and to expand their sense of choice in how they respond to difficult situations.

Dr. DeProw’s counseling style is described as warm, empathetic, encouraging, and empowering. She partners with individuals and families to create collaborative goals and to develop strategies that fit each person’s values and circumstances.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care with Dr. Tess DeProw

Dr. Tess DeProw integrates cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) into her online work to help clients identify unhelpful thinking patterns and build practical skills for managing symptoms such as anxiety, depression, and stress. CBT focuses on the link between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and is useful for clients seeking concrete strategies to change daily habits.

She also uses client-centered techniques that prioritize the person’s own goals and values, offering empathic, nonjudgmental support that helps strengthen self-esteem and improve relationships. Motivational interviewing is applied when clients face ambivalence about change - it helps clarify personal motivation and supports steps toward recovery or behavior change, including substance use concerns.

Finding the right blend of approaches is part of the therapeutic process. Dr. DeProw collaborates with each client to determine which methods best match their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting the plan as progress unfolds. Licensed professionals and therapists can adapt these approaches to different formats, which makes online work effective for many people.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility - sessions by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging make it easier to fit care into busy schedules, maintain continuity during life transitions, and connect across distances. These options allow clients to access therapeutic support in ways that suit their routines and comfort levels.