About Debra
Debra Struzinski is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) based in Connecticut with 24 years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress and anxiety and supports those facing depression, relationship problems, and major life changes. Her approach is practical and person-focused, aimed at clear steps people can use outside of sessions.
Debra uses a client-centered stance to build a calm, respectful space for talking through hard issues.
Background and approach
She often combines that with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. Motivational Interviewing is part of her work when someone wants help finding motivation for change. Clients come to her for a wide range of concerns including parenting strain, grief, trauma and abuse, addiction-related struggles, and issues around intimacy and self-esteem.
She also supports people coping with ADHD, compassion fatigue, career stress, and obsessive-compulsive patterns. Additional focuses include adoption and foster care, divorce and separation, and postpartum depression. In sessions Debra emphasizes listening first, then collaborating on realistic goals.
She will tailor conversations to each person and suggest simple exercises to practice between meetings. The pace and tools are adjusted to fit what the person needs right now. Her practice blends straightforward talk with concrete skills so people can manage symptoms and make steady changes.
Debra frames therapy as a partnership aimed at clearer choices, reduced distress, and better day-to-day coping.
Therapeutic approaches for online care
Debra often blends client-centered work with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to support people in online sessions. Client-centered Therapy focuses on listening, empathy, and helping a person lead the pace of conversations; it helps when someone needs acceptance and space to sort feelings. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions and offers clear strategies to test unhelpful thoughts and change routines that maintain anxiety or low mood.She also draws on Motivational Interviewing when a person wants help finding or increasing motivation for change. This method uses guided conversations to clarify values and build commitment for steps like quitting a habit, addressing relationship patterns, or starting a new routine. Choosing which methods to use is a collaborative process; the therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences and adjust approaches over time.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video allows face-to-face conversation and screen sharing of worksheets. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or for a focused check-in. Live chat and messaging let people check in between longer sessions or use short written exercises. These options make scheduling easier and let therapy fit into work, family, or caregiving routines.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Postpartum depression
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 24 years
- Licensed
- Connecticut, Florida
- Languages
- English
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