About Debra
Debra Arseneaux is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 21 years of clinical experience based in Texas. She blends therapy and coaching to help people who feel stuck, overwhelmed, or blocked by stress and anxiety. Debra emphasizes practical steps and clear goals so people can see progress sooner.
She has worked in independent practice and as an executive coach, bringing both one-on-one therapy and goal-focused coaching into sessions. Her background includes work with trauma and abuse, depression, addictions, relationship and intimacy concerns, and grief.
Background and approach
She also supports people facing career shifts, caregiver stress, and compassion fatigue. Debra uses several approaches to guide sessions, including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, attachment-based work, and a client-centered stance. Sessions focus on real skills, clearer thinking, and building patterns that fit daily life.
She often pairs short-term goals with longer-term growth when needed. People commonly come for help with sleep and eating difficulties, anger, self-esteem, and phases of life change like divorce or career transitions. Additional focus areas include body image, communication problems, and issues tied to abandonment or attachment.
She also supports clients dealing with first responder stress and LGBT concerns. Debra offers a practical, caring approach that balances recovery and forward movement. She describes therapy as collaborative and tailors plans to each person's needs.
Prospective clients are guided through a brief intake and then set goals together.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Debra uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that match their values. ACT is useful for anxiety, stress, and finding direction when life feels stuck.She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify patterns of thinking that fuel worry or low mood and then practice different ways of responding. CBT sessions often include simple exercises and homework to try between meetings.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Debra talks with each client about goals, daily routines, and what has or hasn't helped before. She adjusts methods based on needs and preferences so the plan fits the person rather than the other way around.
Online sessions offer flexible ways to connect. Video calls let most of the work happen face to face, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text-based messaging allow for shorter check-ins and ongoing support. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into busy schedules, reach people across distances, and continue work during life changes.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 21 years
- Licensed
- Texas, Michigan
- Languages
- English
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