About Debra
Debra Dean is a licensed clinical social worker with 35 years of experience. She is licensed in Florida and Utah and brings a practical, solution-oriented style to sessions. Debra focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and major life changes.
She draws on decades of work across multiple settings and enjoys the variety her career has offered. That background gave her a wide set of problem-solving tools she uses with people.
Background and approach
Sessions tend to be straightforward and focused on concrete steps that help reduce day-to-day strain. Debra respects that each person knows their own story best. She aims to combine education and support while helping clients identify strengths they already have.
Her work often includes coping strategies for compassion fatigue, relationship and intimacy concerns, and recovery from narcissistic abuse. People also turn to her for help with issues like bipolar disorder, addictions, self-esteem, workplace stress, and end-of-life or hospice-related concerns. She is experienced with aging and geriatric topics as well as family of origin and family problem issues.
Sessions are offered in English and are available in a variety of online formats. Debra prefers clear communication and practical plans so clients leave with doable next steps and a clearer sense of direction.
Evidence-Based Techniques and Online Care
Debra works with evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical skills and coping strategies. One common approach uses structured problem-solving to break big issues into manageable steps, which helps with stress, anxiety, and day-to-day decision making. A second approach emphasizes grief and loss work that guides people through processing bereavement and end-of-life concerns at a steady, compassionate pace. These approaches are described plainly and translated into exercises people can try between sessions.Finding the right method is a collaborative process. Debra listens to a person’s goals, life context, and preferences and will suggest techniques that fit. Together they try different options and adjust the plan based on what helps most in real life.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care flexible. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports shorter check-ins, and messaging lets people share thoughts in writing on their own schedule. These choices help therapy fit work, caregiving, or other daily demands while keeping focus on practical steps and progress.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Grief
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
Also listed
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Narcissism
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Experience
- 35 years
- Licensed
- Florida, Utah
- Languages
- English
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