About Deborah
Deborah Richardson is a licensed clinical social worker with 45 years of experience. She meets people where they are and helps them name what feels hard. Her style is warm and straightforward, and she uses practical tools to help people cope and move forward.
Deborah draws on several therapy approaches to tailor care to each person. She often uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral techniques to address anxious thoughts and shifting moods.
How Deborah works
Attachment-based and client-centered ideas guide conversations about relationships and self-worth. Her background spans hospitals, nursing homes, group homes, prisons, and outpatient settings. She also spent many years doing forensic psychiatry and later ran a independent practice for over two decades.
Those varied roles shape a flexible, down-to-earth approach in sessions. In sessions she focuses on concrete skills and small, workable changes. People practice new ways to manage stress, process grief, and handle life transitions.
She also helps with parenting challenges, attention concerns, and burnout from caregiving or work. Deborah keeps sessions conversational and practical. She will use talk, creative exercises, music, or writing when it helps.
The aim is to leave each person better able to handle difficult moments and pursue what matters to them.
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.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Grief
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 45 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Tennessee |
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Online support options
How Deborah’s approaches translate to online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice painful thoughts without getting stuck in them. It focuses on values and small actions that move someone toward a meaningful life, which is useful for anxiety, depression, and life transitions.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions interact. It teaches practical strategies to challenge unhelpful thinking and develop new coping skills for stress, mood disorders, and ADHD symptoms.
Deborah treats finding the right approach as a team effort. She listens to goals and preferences, then suggests techniques that fit the person. Together they check what works and adjust the plan over time.
Online therapy offers flexibility to use video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is good for deeper conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for a quick check-in. Live chat and text messaging allow short, immediate exchanges and ongoing support between sessions. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy life while using the therapeutic methods that suit each person best.
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