About Debbie
Debbie Silva is a Licensed Professional Counselor practicing in Texas who helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief, or major life changes. She writes in a straightforward way and focuses on building trust so clients can talk about what matters. Debbie emphasizes the client’s voice and aims to meet people where they are in life.
She brings six years of clinical experience and a background working with both individual and group settings.
Background and approach
That experience includes telehealth, so she is comfortable offering support through video, phone, chat, or text. Debbie listens for each person’s story and works from that starting point rather than applying a one-size-fits-all plan. Her approach centers on Client-Centered Therapy, which means she follows the client’s pace and priorities.
She also uses Mindfulness Therapy to teach simple ways to notice thoughts and reactions in the moment. Narrative Therapy is used to help people reframe difficult experiences and make different meaning out of their pasts. Debbie commonly supports people dealing with trauma and abuse, depression, addictions, relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting stress, and identity issues related to LGBT experiences.
She also works with problems like sleep disturbance, anger, and compassion fatigue. Specific focus areas include attachment and abandonment concerns, caregiver stress, chronic pain or illness, and blended family issues. Sessions are offered in English and are provided to people in Texas.
Debbie views therapy as a collaborative process where the client’s goals guide the work. She encourages practical steps and ongoing communication about what is helping and what needs adjustment.
How Debbie’s approaches translate to online therapy
Client-Centered Therapy means the therapist listens closely and follows the client’s goals and pace. Online sessions allow Debbie to keep that focus whether meeting by video, phone, chat, or text. This approach is useful for people who want a flexible plan shaped around their life circumstances.Mindfulness Therapy involves simple practices that help people notice thoughts, feelings, and bodily sensations without judgment. These exercises can be taught and practiced during video or phone sessions and reinforced through short messaging between sessions when helpful.
Narrative Therapy helps people examine the stories they tell about themselves and their relationships, and then try new ways of describing those experiences. Online sessions make it easy to review examples, try new language, and track changes over time through chat or text notes.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. Debbie will work collaboratively to determine which methods fit a person’s needs, goals, and preferences. She adjusts tools and pacing based on feedback and aims to build practical steps that can be tried between sessions.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls are good for in-depth conversation and seeing nonverbal cues. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier to fit into a break at work. Live chat and text-based messaging make it simple to check in, share short updates, or get brief support without a full session. These options help people maintain continuity of care while fitting therapy into a busy life.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English
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