- Stress and anxiety
- Trauma and grief
- Addictions support
About Demetria
Demetria McGarity is an LPC - Licensed Professional Counselor in Texas with three years of clinical experience. She works with adults on stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, and depression. She also focuses on issues like abandonment, attachment difficulties, codependency, communication problems, and forgiveness.
Demetria uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help people unpack painful feelings. Sessions are conversational and practical. She listens for what matters most and helps identify small steps that feel doable.
She pays attention to how relationships and early experiences shape current feelings of shame, emptiness, or repeated patterns. That can mean looking at how people relate to others, how they struggle with trust, or how past hurt keeps showing up now. Work in sessions can include talking through specific incidents, naming stuck patterns, and practicing different ways of responding.
Demetria also supports people dealing with substance use and domestic violence histories. When needed, she helps clients prioritize safety and connect problems like dissociation or disruptive mood symptoms to everyday struggles. The aim is to make big problems feel more manageable by breaking them into smaller parts.
Her approach is direct but gentle: clear language, short-term goals, and steady attention to what each person says matters. People who carry guilt or shame about relationships, faith, or past choices will find a clinician who focuses on those feelings and on practical strategies to move forward.
How evidence-based methods translate to online sessions
Demetria draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to guide sessions. Cognitive-behavioral approaches focus on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors, which can help with anxiety, depression, and patterns of guilt. Trauma-informed methods pay attention to how past harm shows up now and include pacing and grounding strategies for people dealing with trauma or dissociation.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. She works with each person to select methods that match their goals, comfort level, and the problems they bring. That means trying a method, checking how it feels, and adjusting as needed rather than sticking to a single plan.
Confirm the current session options before booking, since the biography does not list specific formats. Many people find online sessions make it easier to fit counseling into daily life - they can cut out travel time, allow for shorter check-ins around work hours, and remove the need to be on camera for every meeting. Therapists in general can adapt exercises and homework to online work so progress continues between sessions.
Areas of expertise
Additional focus areas
Experience
3+ years
Listed in
Texas
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, and depression, plus related issues like abandonment and attachment problems.
How does she approach feelings of guilt or shame?
She uses evidence-based techniques and conversational sessions to help name and unpack guilt or shame, then identify small, practical steps forward.
What is her clinical background and experience?
She is an LPC with three years of experience providing counseling in Texas.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is licensed as an LPC in Texas and practices with that credential in that state.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people from other countries work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are sessions paid for and what do they cost?
Cost varies with location; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin if I want to work together?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule your first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.