About Debra
Debra Maxwell is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom with 18 years of professional experience. She focuses on helping people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety and life changes. Her approach aims to make it easier to talk about painful experiences and find practical ways forward.
Debra creates a calm, non-judgemental space where clients can talk through feelings at their own pace. She uses person-centred methods that prioritise the client's own goals and perspective.
Background and approach
This helps people feel heard and understood before deciding what to try next. In sessions she listens closely and reflects what she hears so clients can see their thoughts more clearly. From there she may introduce simple strategies and tools to help with sleeping, managing anger, or coping with grief.
The focus is on small, realistic steps that fit each person's life. Her background includes work across a wide range of concerns, such as trauma and abuse, addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, eating and sleeping problems, and mood disorders including depression and bipolar. She also supports people dealing with caregiver stress, cancer-related issues, and workplace pressures.
Debra is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. She offers sessions in English and welcomes international clients for online work. To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and book according to the therapist's schedule.
Person-centred support and online options
Debra mainly uses a person-centred approach which means the session prioritises the client's experience and goals. The counsellor listens without judgement and reflects what she hears so clients can make sense of their feelings. This approach can be useful for anxiety, low mood, grief and relationship concerns.She may also draw on other practical tools when they suit the client's needs. These are introduced collaboratively after the person-centred groundwork is in place, so any technique matches the client's comfort and aims.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss options, try strategies and adjust the plan based on what helps. This cooperative process aims to fit the approach to the person rather than forcing a single method.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits for clients. Video calls let people use visual contact when that helps rapport, while phone sessions require less bandwidth and can fit into a busy day. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for short check-ins, reflection between sessions or when writing feels easier than speaking. These options make it simpler to arrange counselling around work, caregiving or travel.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 18 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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