About Debra
Debra Fitzgerald is a Tennessee licensed counselor with more than 22 years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people manage anxiety, stress, depression, and struggles with addiction. Debra uses straightforward conversation to help people find clearer footing when life feels overwhelming.
She emphasizes a warm, client-centered style that starts with listening. Sessions aim to make sense of day-to-day problems and identify practical steps that feel doable. Debra works with people facing grief, caregiver strain, midlife changes, and relationship concerns.
Background and approach
Debra draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors. She also uses the Gottman Method for relationship work, focusing on improving communication and rebuilding trust. These methods are tools she adapts to each person’s needs.
Her experience includes assisting people with panic attacks, mood disorders, eating and body image issues, and process addictions such as gambling or problematic exercise. She also supports those dealing with cancer, hospice and end-of-life concerns, and aging-related stress. Sessions are offered in English and take place online using video calls, phone, live chat, or text messaging.
Costs vary by location and use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. To begin, prospective clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule according to the therapist’s availability. Debra aims to create a steady, respectful space where people can talk through immediate worries and build skills for longer-term change.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and building a respectful, nonjudgmental relationship. It helps people feel heard and supported while they sort out what matters most and decide on next steps.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the connections between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It teaches practical skills for easing anxiety, panic, and mood problems by testing thoughts and trying new behaviors.
The Gottman Method targets relationship patterns and communication skills. It is useful for people who want clearer communication, fewer arguments, and more reliable emotional connection with a partner.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals and preferences, and together they will choose methods that fit those needs. Plans are adjusted over time based on what helps most.
Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy easier to fit into daily life. Video lets people work face-to-face from different places. Phone calls can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a quieter setup is needed. Live chat and text messaging make quick check-ins and brief supports possible between longer sessions. These options help people keep continuity of care without long commutes or scheduling hurdles.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Grief
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 22 years
- Licensed
- Tennessee
- Languages
- English
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