

Navigate relationship challenges with expert couples counseling in Shreveport. Headway connects you with experienced providers trained in conflict resolution, communication skills, and marriage therapy to help you and your partner build a stronger foundation together.
Hi, I’m Raina Deer. I’m a therapist who helps individuals and couples navigate life’s challenges with compassion and clarity. I specialize in working with people facing anxiety, depression, relationship issues, and life transitions. My goal is to provide a welcoming space where you feel supported and can grow at your own pace.
Are you finding it hard to navigate everyday life? Are your relationships suffering? If you answered “yes” to these questions, please know you CAN live a different life. Relationship issues, trauma, grief/loss, anxiety, depression, and many other problems are challenging, to say the least. Therapy provides a safe space to explore your thoughts and feelings, learn coping strategies, and improve your relationships. You do not have to go it alone when therapy is available.
I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over 25 years of experience helping people, like you, to create meaningful change. I enjoy providing counseling to individuals, couples, and families. Some of my clients have reported feeling overwhelmed, stressed, sad, anxious, or stuck. I spent 14 years in long term and acute care inpatient and outpatient behavioral health settings and 11 years in neurological rehabilitation. I obtained my bachelor’s degree from the University of Louisiana and master’s degree from LSU.
If you have been feeling stressed, anxious, overwhelmed by relationship or family conflict, or weighed down by grief, loss, or intimacy concerns, you do not have to carry it alone. For 35 years, I have helped people navigate these challenges, including military families facing active duty and retirement transitions. I also bring a strong sense of fairness that helps me connect with clients making sense of hurt and confusion.
When I tell you I love what I do, I love what I do! I am not hear to manage symptoms, I'm here to heal. As a current doctoral student, I value continued education to maintain the highest form of evidence-based care for my clients. I walk the walk of healing and believe every therapist should do the same.


Headway makes it easy to find support for your relationship — from finding the right provider, to understanding costs, to scheduling with ease.
Searching for couples therapists in Shreveport starts with what you and your partner want to work on together. Couples therapy can support communication patterns, conflict, trust after infidelity, major life changes, and parenting disagreements. Not all therapists have specific training in couples work, so look for licensed marriage and family therapists or therapists who list couples modalities in their bios, such as the Gottman Method or emotionally focused therapy.
In a mid-size city like Shreveport, finding one therapist who fits both partners’ needs and schedules can take extra planning. Virtual appointments may offer more options, especially if work hours, childcare, or travel across town affect availability. As you compare therapists, look at appointment times, whether they’re accepting new patients, and whether they offer a brief consultation. Reading bios can help you understand how each therapist structures couples sessions and whether their approach fits what you’re looking for.
Couples therapy in Shreveport can be a significant investment without insurance. Using in-network insurance is one of the most reliable ways to lower session costs and understand your out-of-pocket expense before you book. Headway helps you find therapists who accept a wide range of insurance plans, review estimated costs upfront, compare bios, and book directly when you’re ready.
If you're experiencing or worried about violence, threats, or coercion in your relationship, couples therapy isn't usually the right starting point — individual support is safer. The National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233, or text START to 88788\) can help you think through next steps.
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