About Debbie
Debbie Silva is a Licensed Professional Counselor who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and life transitions. She meets clients where they are and aims to build a trusting working relationship. Her approach centers on listening and learning each person's story before planning next steps.
She draws on client-centered methods to follow the client’s lead and prioritize their goals. Mindfulness practices are used to build skills for handling difficult feelings and reducing reactivity.
How Debbie works
Narrative work helps people reframe painful events and find new meaning in their experiences. Debbie has six years of clinical experience and has provided both individual and group services in person and by telehealth. She has worked with people facing trauma, addiction, grief, and relationship challenges, among other concerns.
Those practical experiences shape how she supports people in session. Sessions focus on clear, practical steps. Conversations explore personal history, current stressors, and coping patterns.
Together the client and Debbie decide what to try next and how to measure progress. Her practice offers a mix of session styles to fit different needs, including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Sessions are conducted in English and take place with a Texas-licensed counselor.
Costs vary with location and use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
Debbie lists 3 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.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 6 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Texas |
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Online support options
How these approaches work online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and following the person's lead. The therapist reflects what she hears and helps the client set their own goals, which works well for stress, depression, and relationship concerns.Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and improve calm. Those skills are useful for anxiety, anger, and coping with difficult memories.
Narrative Therapy looks at the stories people tell about themselves and their lives. By examining and revising those stories, people can shift how they relate to past pain and current problems.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will ask about goals, past attempts at help, and daily challenges, and will then suggest methods to try. That collaborative process lets the client test what feels most helpful.
Online sessions offer practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues matter. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit a break at work. Live chat and text-based messaging are good for brief check-ins, ongoing notes, or when typing feels easier than talking. These options make it simpler to keep therapy consistent around life demands.
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