Clinical Mental Health Intern, NC and SC
Northwestern University

About Deja

Deja is a master’s-level counseling intern at Balanced Wellness and a graduate student at Northwestern University, where she is pursuing a Master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling. Deja provides services virtually across both North and South Carolina. She is committed to providing thoughtful, compassionate, and culturally responsive care, and she approaches therapy as a collaborative process grounded in trust, curiosity, and respect for each client’s lived experience.

Deja strives to create a supportive, affirming, and nonjudgmental therapeutic space where clients feel safe to explore their emotions, relationships, and personal histories.

Ideal Client

Deja has a clinical interest in working with individuals experiencing anxiety, depression, persistent negative thought patterns, trauma-related concerns, and relationship difficulties. Her clients may feel overwhelmed, stuck, emotionally distressed, or impacted by past experiences that continue to shape their present functioning and relationships.

She enjoys working with clients who are interested in developing greater self-awareness, improving emotional well-being, and strengthening relationships while honoring the cultural, relational, and contextual factors that influence their lives.

Therapeutic Approach

Deja utilizes an integrative approach informed by psychodynamic therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), multicultural frameworks, and trauma-informed care. Her work focuses on helping clients understand the connections between past experiences, thoughts, emotions, and current relational patterns, while also developing practical tools to challenge unhelpful thinking and build effective coping strategies. Therapy is tailored to each client’s needs and paced collaboratively to support safety, insight, and growth.

Connect with Deja

Seeking therapy is a meaningful step toward healing and self-understanding. If you are looking for a compassionate therapist-in-training who values collaboration, cultural responsiveness, and trauma-informed care, Deja welcomes the opportunity to support you. She invites you to reach out to schedule a consultation and explore whether therapy at Balanced Wellness may be a good fit.