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Dr. Deep Battu

Dr. Deep Battu, LMHC

Indiana

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Licensed Mental Health Counselor - Blended family issues and addictions

  • CBT techniques
  • Mindfulness practices
  • Motivational interviewing

About Deep

Dr. Deep Battu is an Indiana-based Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with 20 years of experience. She focuses on stress, anxiety, addictions, self-esteem, depression, and coping with life changes, and she lists blended family issues among her areas of focus. She works with adults and young adults and conducts sessions in English.

Dr. Battu emphasizes a practical, client-centered approach. She helps people talk through current problems and set small, achievable goals. Her style draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Mindfulness to spot unhelpful thinking and build clearer routines. Motivational Interviewing and Solution-Focused Therapy shape short-term planning and steps toward change.

Her background includes long-term work in mental health and addictions across Illinois and Indiana. That experience informs how she addresses drug and alcohol addiction, trauma and abuse, and compassion fatigue. She also addresses relationship concerns, family problems, attachment issues, and family of origin struggles.

In sessions she encourages honest conversation and straightforward action. Typical topics include communication problems, grief, intimacy-related concerns, sleep difficulties, and career stress. She notes the work requires effort from the client alongside guidance from the therapist.

Practical matters such as scheduling, cost, and how to begin are handled through an initial matchmaking questionnaire and the online booking flow. The subscription used for sessions can be canceled at any time, and international clients are not accepted.

How her approaches translate to online sessions

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and responding to what matters most to the client. Online sessions using this approach let the therapist reflect concerns and priorities and help the client set practical goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and gives concrete tools to test and change unhelpful patterns. Online work can include tracking thoughts, trying new behaviors between sessions, and reviewing progress together.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, daily routines, and what has helped or not helped in the past. Together they decide which techniques to try first and adjust the plan as things change.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into busy days, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. They can also let people use mindfulness exercises and CBT worksheets between meetings, which supports steady progress without changing other daily commitments.

Areas of expertise

Also works with

Relationship issuesFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseGriefIntimacy-related issuesSleeping disordersCareer difficultiesCompassion fatigue

Additional focus areas

Attachment issuesBlended family issuesBody imageCommunication problemsDomestic violenceDrug and alcohol addictionEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsForgivenessGuilt and shameIsolation / lonelinessMood disordersMulticultural concernsObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPost-traumatic stressPrejudice and discriminationSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-loveSocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesWorkplace issues

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Mindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingSolution-Focused Therapy

Experience

20+ years

Listed in

Indiana

Languages

English

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does she address related to blended households?

She lists blended family issues alongside relationship and family problems, and she helps people navigate loyalty conflicts, co-parenting stress, and merging routines.

What is her therapeutic style like?

Her work is client-centered and practical, using CBT and mindfulness to change thoughts and habits and motivational interviewing to build readiness for change.

How much experience does she have?

She has 20 years of experience working in mental health and addictions in Illinois and Indiana.

What are her credentials and where is she based?

She is an LMHC and practices in Indiana.

Which languages are supported for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English.

Can international clients work with her?

She does not accept international clients at this time.

How does cost and payment work?

Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

What are the first steps to start therapy?

Use the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session through the booking flow.

Online talk therapy is for adults and is not emergency care, mediation or legal advice. If you or a child are in danger, use the emergency numbers. Find someone else by name.

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