LaDeana ArtisLCSW

LaDeana Artis is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in New Jersey with 13 years of clinical experience. She focuses on practical, down-to-earth support for people facing anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship strain, and parenting challenges. LaDeana emphasizes listening first and shaping therapy around each person’s needs and goals.

She has worked across varied settings and with many different life challenges. Her background includes helping people navigate perinatal and pregnancy-related emotional concerns, grief, addiction, and complicated family dynamics. She draws on multiple therapy methods to match interventions to the moment.

In sessions, LaDeana uses a person-centered style that values respect and collaboration. She combines tools from cognitive behavioral approaches, dialectical skills, acceptance and commitment ideas, and attachment-informed work to address thoughts, behaviors, and relationships. The focus is on skills people can use between meetings.

LaDeana aims to create a calm, straightforward space for problem solving. She helps people set small, doable goals and track progress step by step. Practical coping strategies are emphasized alongside attention to relationships and life transitions.

People who choose her often want a therapist who listens without judgment and then helps build concrete changes. She encourages clients to notice strengths while addressing patterns that keep them stuck. If someone is ready to start that work, LaDeana supports the process from first steps through ongoing change.

How therapy approaches guide online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that match their values. It can help with anxiety, depression, and making life changes by teaching mindful acceptance and committed action. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at relationship patterns formed early in life and how they affect current connections; it can be useful for intimacy issues, trust concerns, and family dynamics.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what has helped or not helped in the past. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust them as progress is made.

Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life by removing travel time and allowing scheduling during breaks or between commitments. It can also let people choose sessions that match their energy for the day, such as a shorter check-in when time is tight or a full session when more work is needed. Because session formats are not specified here, confirm the current online session options before booking to learn how meetings are scheduled and conducted.