About Deborah
Deborah Cho is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 11 years of experience providing therapy in New York. She brings practical, calm support to people facing anxiety, depression, addiction, grief, and life transitions. Her work is direct and warm, aimed at helping people feel steadier in day-to-day life.
Deborah has practiced in many settings, including independent practice, inpatient hospital units, community programs, public schools, and a substance use rehabilitation center.
How Deborah works
That range gave her experience with mood and personality challenges, trauma and abuse, and complex medical and social needs. She uses what she learned in those settings to shape clear, usable plans in sessions. Her approach centers on the person in front of her.
She uses client-centered and attachment-based ideas to build trust and focus on strengths. Cognitive behavioral techniques and skills from dialectical behavior therapy are used to shift unhelpful thoughts and build coping skills. In sessions she talks through patterns, teaches practical coping strategies, and helps people process difficult history.
She pays attention to relationships, self-esteem, work stress, and identity concerns, including LGBT issues. Deborah also addresses specific topics like ADHD, abandonment, adoption and foster care, aging concerns, and health-related issues. Her style is compassionate and honest.
She aims to help people set manageable goals and try small changes that add up. If someone wants steady, skill-based support for the challenges above, she offers collaborative work focused on real-life improvements.
Deborah lists 11 ways of working on the entry:
What Deborah works with
The areas below are the ones Deborah selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 11 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | New York |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches you can use online
Deborah uses client-centered therapy to create a supportive, nonjudgmental space where the person sets the pace and priorities. This approach helps when someone needs a careful listener and practical guidance for daily challenges. Attachment-based therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns and helps people build safer ways of relating and feeling connected.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. She will discuss goals, preferences, and what feels most useful, and then try techniques that match those needs. That collaborative process lets the client steer which methods fit best over time.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care more flexible. Video is useful for fuller conversation and visual cues, while phone calls work well when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Chat and text messaging are practical for brief updates, homework check-ins, or when writing feels easier than speaking. These options help fit therapy into work, school, or busy family routines while keeping the focus on progress and skill building.
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