About Deborah
Deborah Jones uses a client-led, solution-focused and narrative approach to help people make practical changes in their lives. She is an ACA counsellor with 20 years of professional experience and brings a calm, straightforward style to sessions. Deborah writes simply and listens carefully so people feel heard and understood.
She helps with stress and anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief and loss, low self-esteem, eating concerns and sleep problems. She also supports people dealing with addiction, career strain, anger, relationship and intimacy-related issues, and chronic illness or pain.
How Deborah works
Her work includes attention to attachment and abandonment issues, codependency and family of origin concerns. In sessions she typically focuses on what you want to achieve and the steps that can move you forward. Narrative techniques help people reframe unhelpful stories about themselves.
Solution-focused methods prioritise small, achievable changes that improve day-to-day functioning. For people who want deeper internal work, Deborah draws on Internal Family Systems to look at inner parts and their roles. She also uses trauma-focused approaches when past events are getting in the way of present life.
These methods are chosen to suit the person and their current goals. Deborah offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Sessions are arranged by selecting the Start Therapy button and completing a short matching questionnaire, then booking according to availability.
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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
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | ACA |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 20 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Australia |
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Online support options
How Deborah’s approaches work online
Deborah often uses Client-Centred Therapy to create a respectful, listening space where people can lead the conversation and set goals. This approach helps when someone needs to feel understood before making changes.She also works with Narrative Therapy, which helps people rewrite unhelpful stories about themselves and their relationships. Narrative techniques can be useful for issues such as low self-esteem, eating concerns and family of origin problems.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Deborah will talk with each person about goals and preferences and suggest methods that match those needs. Decisions about pace and focus are made collaboratively so the approach fits what the person wants to achieve.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video is useful for a closer face-to-face feel, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits brief check-ins and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options give flexibility to fit therapy into busy schedules and diverse routines.
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