About Deborah
Deborah Fitzpatrick is a Licensed Independent Social Worker (LISW) based in Ohio who helps people struggling with anxiety and life stressors. She greets each person with a strengths-based, empowering stance and focuses on practical steps that can ease daily pressure. Deborah keeps sessions straightforward and goal-oriented so parents and busy adults can fit care into their lives.
She uses techniques from client-centered work, cognitive behavioral strategies, and emotionally-focused methods to help people understand patterns and change them.
Background and approach
Sessions often involve identifying small, doable actions and practicing new ways of coping. Mindfulness and motivational interviewing also shape her work when someone needs help finding direction or building motivation.
Deborah completed a Master of Social Work at Cleveland State University in 2018 and has three years of post-degree experience working with people who face depression, trauma, relationship problems, career stress, and substance challenges. Her Ohio LISW credential is listed as LISW and she draws on practical clinical experience when planning care.
She often helps clients address specific concerns such as self-esteem, grief, intimacy issues, blended family challenges, and workplace strain. Deborah also supports people navigating multicultural concerns, LGBT topics, and women’s health issues, tailoring goals to each person’s situation. Therapy starts with a short conversation to set priorities and agree on simple, measurable steps.
Deborah aims to make progress feel manageable and to help clients build skills they can use between sessions.
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and understanding your goals. The therapist helps you set priorities and stays with you as you try out changes, making it useful for relationship or self-esteem concerns.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at unhelpful thoughts and actions and teaches practical skills to change them. It is often used for anxiety, depression, and stress and involves homework like short behavioral experiments or thought records.
Emotionally-Focused Therapy, or EFT, helps people identify and name strong feelings and change patterns in close relationships. It can be helpful when emotions get in the way of connection or when intimacy-related issues arise.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Deborah will work with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences, and she will adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules. Video is good for face-to-face conversation and practicing skills together. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for quick check-ins. Live chat and text work well for short updates, brief coaching, or when someone prefers typed conversations. These options let people access care from different locations and at times that fit their day.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Blended family issues
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Grief
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Multicultural concerns
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Ohio
- Languages
- English
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