About Debbie
Debbie McCown-Perkins is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Colorado. She works with people facing anxiety, depression, trauma, and relationship strain. Her manner is warm and down-to-earth, and she focuses on practical steps people can use in daily life.
Debbie draws on 14 years of experience to tailor sessions to each person's needs. She uses straightforward conversation to identify what is most urgent and what will help most.
Background and approach
Sessions aim to reduce overwhelming symptoms and build skills for coping with stress and mood shifts. Her approach blends cognitive-behavioral methods with client-centered listening and acceptance-based strategies. That means she helps clients notice unhelpful thinking, practice new behaviors, and clarify values that guide meaningful change.
She also integrates techniques useful after trauma when they fit the person's goals. Debbie has a Bachelor of Science in Psychology and a Master of Social Work from Walla Walla University. She holds a Colorado LCSW and also uses the CSW credential listed in her background.
She emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and a nonjudgmental tone in sessions. People often come to her for anxiety, stress, parenting strain, grief, addiction concerns, or to manage mood disorders like bipolar and depression. She works collaboratively to create a plan that fits daily life and personal priorities.
Starting therapy with Debbie means focusing on clear goals, small steps, and practical tools that can be used between sessions. She supports people who want steady progress and realistic change.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people clarify what matters most and take actions that match those values. It can help with anxiety, stress, and finding direction after major life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical skills to shift unhelpful thinking and behavior for mood and anxiety concerns. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a trauma-informed method used to reduce distress from past traumatic memories when that work fits a person's goals.Finding the right approach is part of therapy. The therapist collaborates with each person to choose methods that match their goals, comfort level, and daily life. Plans are adjusted over time based on what helps most.
Online sessions offer flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for full sessions and visual connection, phone can work when bandwidth is limited, live chat and text messaging allow shorter check-ins or ongoing support between meetings. These options make it easier to schedule sessions around work, caregiving, or school and to keep therapy consistent despite a busy life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Stress, Anxiety
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- Colorado
- Languages
- English
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