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DeAnn Acton, BFA, MA LMFT 
BFA in Studio Art: '91 University of Texas at Austin
MFT-Art Therapy: '98 Notre Dame de Namur University, Belmont CA
Deann Acton, MA MFT , received a dual Masters Degree in Marriage Family Therapy and Art Therapy from Notre Dame de Namur University in Belmont, California.  She is a licensed Marriage Family Therapist and is a board certified art therapist through the American Association of Art Therapy.  

Deann  has over sixteen years experience working with children, teens, families, and adults in a variety of settings, including schools, residential treatment centers, juvenile detention centers, and hospitals.   She uses art, play, sand tray, and talk therapy to work collaboratively with her clients to make positive changes in their lives.  Deann has extensive training in dialectical behavior therapy, an evidence based form of cognitive therapy that helps young people develop positive coping strategies, manage overwhelming emotions, learn mindfulness techniques, and develop skills to becoming more effective in their interpersonal relationships.  

Deann is especially interested in working with gifted children, teens and adults, who often times possess both an emotional and intellectual intensity that can make life overwhelming.  She also has much experience working with issues of sensory processing disorder.    

Aside from her therapeutic work, Deann has also been an educator in two university Masters Level Counseling Programs, Notre Dame de Namur University in Belmont, California and Dominican University in San Rafael, California.  She has written for the American Art Therapy Association’s Journal and published a chapter in the book, “Art, Angst, and Trauma:  Right Brain Interventions with Developmental Issues.”  

Call for an appointment today:  
512-221-3685

Creative Arts Psychotherapy for children, teens, and adults.

Areas of Specialization:
Deann has extensive experience working with Gifted and Talented populations, but she has also worked in the areas of trauma, domestic violence, school issues,  mood disorders, anxiety, cancer, and sensory processing disorder
Also:  Divorce,  relationship issues, loss
Intern supervision

Theories of Focus:
Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Narrative Therapy, Social Justice Therapy, Acceptance, Change, Commitment Therapy, Motivational Interviewing

Office is located at Art Therapy Austin

1200 East 11th Street Suite 109, Austin Texas 78702