About Deborah
Deborah Steel is a counsellor with 12 years of experience who helps people manage anxiety, stress, depression and trauma. She is a member of the British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP). Deborah focuses on practical steps people can use right away, and she aims to make sessions feel straightforward and approachable.
She offers an open, non‑judgemental space where people can talk about difficult feelings. Conversations are guided by what matters most to the client, whether that is reducing worry, working through loss, or improving relationships and intimacy.
Background and approach
Deborah encourages small changes that build confidence over time. Her work draws on client‑centred ideas that place the person’s experience at the centre of the session. She also uses cognitive behavioural ideas to help spot and shift unhelpful patterns of thinking.
Emotionally‑focused and mindfulness approaches are part of her toolkit when emotions need to be recognised and regulated. Deborah has supported people dealing with parenting stress, career pressures, chronic illness and complicated grief. She also addresses issues such as ADHD, attachment and communication difficulties.
Sessions balance practical coping strategies with opportunities to reflect on longer term patterns. Sessions are offered in English and run online by phone, video, live chat or text messaging. Deborah asks new clients to complete a short matching questionnaire before scheduling, so initial sessions can focus on what is most pressing.
How Deborah’s approaches work online
Client‑centred therapy puts the person’s experience first and gives space to be heard. Online sessions use this approach to help people set the pace and priorities for each meeting, whether the focus is on anxiety, grief or relationship concerns.Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) helps identify thoughts and behaviours that keep problems going and introduces practical exercises to change them. Delivering CBT online makes it easy to agree simple between‑session tasks and review progress in the next call.
Emotionally‑focused therapy (EFT) helps people recognise and name emotions and how these shape relationships. In an online setting EFT can support work on intimacy and communication by using focused conversations and check‑ins across sessions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with clients about their goals and preferences and try different ways of working until a good fit is found. This is a collaborative process and may blend approaches depending on the issue.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let people read facial cues and use worksheets together. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can be easier to fit into a busy day. Live chat and text based messaging suit shorter check‑ins or when typing helps someone express themselves. These formats make it easier to keep continuity of care around work, parenting or medical commitments.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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