About Deborah
Deborah Maqueira is a licensed mental health counselor who helps people facing anxiety, stress, depression, and big life changes. She writes and speaks plainly in sessions and focuses on practical steps people can use right away. Clients can expect direct conversation, occasional humor, and a steady, respectful presence while they work on painful thoughts and habits.
Deborah has 17 years of experience as an LMHC in Florida. She often blends cognitive behavioral techniques with motivational interviewing to break down unhelpful thinking and increase motivation for change.
Background and approach
Sessions are tailored to each person’s needs rather than following a fixed script. Her style uses clear examples and simple metaphors to spark new ways of seeing problems. That approach is meant to help people shift long-held perspectives and try different behaviors.
She balances challenge with empathy so clients move forward without feeling judged. Deborah also uses acceptance and commitment ideas and mindfulness tools when those fit the goal. Those methods can help people tolerate difficult feelings and focus on what matters to them.
She aims to make skills useful in everyday life, not just in the therapy room. People come for help with many concerns, including grief, relationship strains, addiction challenges, parenting stress, career issues, trauma, and ADHD. Deborah supports work on self-esteem, anger, life purpose, and compassion fatigue, always responding to the person in front of her.
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice difficult thoughts without getting stuck in them and then take steps toward what matters. It is often used for anxiety, stress, and life-direction concerns. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms like anxiety and depression. It usually involves practical exercises between sessions. Client-Centered Therapy centers on listening, empathy, and following the person’s lead so they feel heard and understood during change.Finding the best approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about their goals and preferences, then suggest techniques that fit. Over time they adjust the mix of methods so the work is practical and personally meaningful.
Online options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls let people use face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is low or when a shorter check-in fits a break at work. Live chat and messaging offer brief, flexible contact for quick reflections or ongoing support between scheduled sessions.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 17 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English
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