Deana Schad

Deana Schad is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Michigan with 17 years of clinical experience. She approaches therapy with an emphasis on the whole person, addressing mind, body, and spirit while helping individuals explore values, habits, and daily routines that influence well-being. Her work targets areas such as stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting and family dynamics, career questions, and coping with life changes.

Deana uses a range of evidence-informed methods, including client-centered therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, emotionally-focused therapy, mindfulness practices, and motivational interviewing. She emphasizes stage-matched treatment principles to meet people where they are and to support gradual habit change. Deana believes that people carry their own wisdom and that therapy is a collaborative space to uncover internal answers.

Her practice often centers on values alignment and reducing suffering by identifying attachments to thoughts and behaviors that no longer serve a person. Deana works collaboratively to build awareness and to support intentional, balanced choices that aim to create a life more closely aligned with core values.