About Deborah
Deborah Anderson is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing from Texas. She has twenty years of clinical experience and helps people who are dealing with anxiety, depression, addiction, grief, and related concerns. Her style is collaborative and straightforward, aimed at finding practical steps a person can use right away.
She uses a mix of approaches to meet each person where they are. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is part of her work to identify unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors.
Background and approach
She also draws on Solution-Focused Therapy to set clear, achievable goals and on Motivational Interviewing to help people strengthen their reasons for change. Deborah describes the therapeutic relationship as a shared journey. She works with people to clarify where they want to go and what will get them there.
Sessions focus on concrete strategies, small experiments, and building momentum toward the client’s priorities. Her background includes work with people affected by substance use, caregiver fatigue, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, and relationship difficulties. She brings experience supporting people through major life changes and everyday stresses, including career strain and self-esteem struggles.
Sessions are offered in English and delivered in multiple online formats. Deborah holds LCSW and LISW credentials and draws on two decades of practice to tailor supports to each person’s needs and goals.
How Deborah blends therapy approaches online
Deborah commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Solution-Focused Therapy in online work. CBT involves identifying unhelpful thought patterns and trying different behaviors to reduce anxiety and depression symptoms. Solution-Focused Therapy emphasizes small, concrete goals and steps so people can see progress quickly and feel less stuck.Finding the right mix is a collaborative process. Deborah will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't helped before. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan based on what works in real life.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit busy schedules. Video is useful for in-depth conversations and exercises, phone can be a lower-bandwidth option, live chat is good for quick check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options aim to make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into daily life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Addictions
- Grief
- Anger management
Also listed
- ADHD
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Ohio, Texas
- Languages
- English
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