About Debbie
Debbie Franzen-Lang helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, relationship problems, grief, eating concerns, and trauma. She also supports those facing parenting struggles, intimacy-related concerns, anger, self-esteem issues, career transitions, bipolar mood challenges, and life changes. Her practice addresses body image, divorce and separation, forgiveness, hearing impairment concerns, infidelity, veteran and armed forces issues, multicultural matters, panic attacks, and self-harm issues.
Debbie brings 30 years of counseling experience to her work.
How Debbie works
She holds the Licensed Professional Counselor credential, LPC. Her style is straightforward and collaborative. Sessions focus on practical steps and clearer choices rather than jargon.
Her approach draws on client-centered principles that place the person's experience first. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy methods are used to identify unhelpful thinking and shift behavior. Emotionally-Focused techniques help with attachment and closeness in relationships.
She also integrates existential ideas to look at meaning and values when life feels uncertain. For couples, elements of the Gottman Method guide conversations toward rebuilding trust and improving communication. Debbie adapts strategies to each person's goals and pace.
Clients can expect a calm, direct clinician who listens and offers concrete tools. The work can include short-term skill building or longer conversations about patterns and life purpose. Sessions are offered in formats that fit modern life, including video, phone, chat, and messaging.
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What Debbie works with
The areas below are the ones Debbie selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Forgiveness
- Hearing impaired
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 30 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Louisiana |
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Online support options
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the person’s experience and priorities, promoting acceptance, active listening, and working at the client’s pace; it helps when someone needs to feel heard and understood. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at thinking patterns and behaviors and teaches concrete skills to reduce anxiety, panic attacks, depressive symptoms, and unhelpful habits. Emotionally-Focused Therapy, or EFT, concentrates on emotional bonds and communication in relationships and can help couples and individuals improve connection and manage intimacy-related issues.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about goals and preferences, then suggest methods that fit those aims. Sessions can combine elements from different approaches so the plan matches what the person needs and how they prefer to work.
Online therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video is good for face-to-face conversation and deeper emotional work. Phone can be useful when bandwidth is limited or a quieter audio-only check-in is preferred. Live chat or text messaging can support quick updates, skill practice between sessions, or shorter check-ins that fit a busy schedule.
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