About Deborah
Dr. Deborah Gipple welcomes people who feel overwhelmed, stuck, or unsure where to turn. She speaks plainly and listens closely to understand each person’s situation.
Dr. Gipple aims to help people find practical ways forward and to build small habits that make daily life easier. She brings 23 years of counseling experience and works as an LCMHC - Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor in North Carolina.
Her background includes a Ph.D. in Mental Health Counseling and a sub-specialization in Marriage and Family Therapy.
How Deborah works
She focuses on common struggles like stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem, addiction concerns, and coping with life changes. In sessions she uses client-centered talk alongside structured techniques. She draws on cognitive behavioral ideas to help change unhelpful thinking and solution-focused steps to set clear next actions.
Trauma-focused and mindfulness methods are used when past hurt or overwhelming emotion needs careful attention. Her practice also addresses issues such as attachment concerns, codependency, dissociation, family of origin problems, forgiveness, shame, life purpose, seasonal mood changes, sexual assault recovery, women’s concerns, and challenges of young adulthood. She integrates these focus areas into practical plans that fit each person’s life.
People can meet with Dr. Gipple through video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. She helps people set goals, try small changes, and track progress so therapy stays grounded and useful.
Deborah lists 5 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.
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 23 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | North Carolina |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
How her approaches work online
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and responding to the person in front of her. The therapist follows the client’s lead, reflects feelings, and helps people make choices that match their values. This approach helps when someone needs space to talk and be heard.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions link together. Sessions include practical exercises to test unhelpful thoughts and small behavioral changes to reduce anxiety or depression symptoms. This approach works well for stress, low mood, and anxiety-related patterns.
Trauma-focused therapy helps people who carry the effects of past harm. It uses careful, paced work to reduce overwhelming symptoms and build coping skills for flashbacks, shame, or dissociation. Mindfulness techniques may be added to help ground attention in the present moment.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they try methods, notice what helps, and adjust the plan to fit changing needs.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports a shorter check-in, and messaging lets someone write thoughts between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, school, or parenting schedules and to keep continuity when life gets busy.
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