About Debbie
Debbie McCown-Perkins helps people facing depression, anxiety, trauma, and relationship and family stress. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, who brings 14 years of experience to each conversation. Her tone is warm and straightforward, and she aims to make the first steps feel manageable for worried parents and adults.
She uses clear, practical methods drawn from cognitive behavioral work and client-centered care. Sessions focus on setting goals, learning skills to manage difficult feelings, and making small changes that fit daily life.
How Debbie works
Debbie also draws on mindfulness and acceptance strategies to help people tolerate distress and stay connected to what matters. Her background includes a Bachelor of Science in Psychology and a Master of Social Work from Walla Walla University.
She is licensed in Colorado and has worked with people dealing with trauma and abuse, mood disorders such as bipolar and depression, and anxiety and stress. Addiction, grief, and parenting challenges are also areas of experience. Debbie pays attention to family of origin issues, blended family stresses, adoption and foster care concerns, and caregiver strain.
She helps people who struggle with guilt, shame, isolation, or life-direction questions. In session she aims to listen without judgment and to tailor a plan to each person's specific situation. Therapy sessions may include work with coping skills, emotion regulation, and trauma-focused techniques when appropriate.
She balances practical tools with a respectful, compassionate approach to support lasting change.
Debbie lists 9 ways of working on the entry:
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.
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Stress, Anxiety
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Registers | LCSW, CSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 14 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Colorado |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on helping people clarify what matters to them and take small steps toward those values while learning to live with uncomfortable thoughts and feelings. It can help with anxiety, depression, and motivation issues. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, CBT, centers on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and testing them with practical experiments or behavior changes to reduce symptoms like worry and low mood. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, EMDR, is a trauma-focused method that uses structured memory processing to reduce the intensity of traumatic memories when that work is appropriate.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, past treatment, and what feels most helpful, and then suggest a plan that combines methods as needed. That collaborative process lets the client try tools in real time and adjust what they practice between sessions.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls let conversations feel close to an in-person session. Phone meetings work well when bandwidth is limited or a short check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging can support ongoing skills practice, quick updates, or people who prefer typed communication. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy family or work schedules while using the therapist's ACT, CBT, and trauma-focused tools.
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