About Debra
Debra Cosentino is a Licensed Professional Counselor who helps people facing anxiety, stress, grief, and relationship strain. She offers straightforward support for depression, anger, and parenting concerns. Her approach is warm and practical, aimed at helping clients feel heard and begin making small changes.
Debra draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors. She also uses Trauma-Focused Therapy to address the effects of past harm and to build safety and stability in daily life.
Background and approach
Solution-Focused methods are used to set clear, immediate goals and track small wins. With four years of professional experience in Pennsylvania, Debra has worked in settings that included support for people affected by domestic violence and sexual assault. That background informs her attention to safety, pacing, and coping skills when trauma is part of a person’s story.
Sessions focus on practical tools and honest conversation. Debra mixes skill-building with space to talk about feelings, helping clients practice changes between sessions. She often encourages simple behavioral experiments and short-term goals to reduce overwhelm.
Clients can expect a calm, nonjudgmental presence and step-by-step planning. Debra aims to help people build better coping skills, handle panic or phobias, and improve communication in stressed relationships.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and meeting each person where they are. The therapist follows the client's pace, reflects what they say, and helps them find their own solutions; this approach is useful for anxiety, low self-esteem, and relationship worries.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people identify and test unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. CBT is practical and skills based, and it is often used for panic attacks, phobias, and general anxiety to reduce distress through repeated practice.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, try methods that fit, and adjust as needed. That decision is made together, so the plan reflects personal needs and what feels most helpful.
Online formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls let people see facial cues and do exercises together. Phone sessions can be useful when bandwidth is limited or seeing a screen is difficult. Live chat and text messaging provide quick check-ins, shorter reflections, and written reminders of skills to use between sessions. These options offer flexibility to match a person's schedule and how they prefer to engage.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Co-morbidity
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English
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