About Deborah
Deborah LaBounty is a New York licensed mental health counselor with ten years of clinical experience. She focuses on practical, real-world help for stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, and relationship concerns. Deborah keeps sessions straightforward and warm so people can talk about hard things without feeling judged.
She aims to make the room feel open and calm. Deborah listens first and then helps clients set clear goals. She uses client-centered methods alongside cognitive behavioral techniques and skills-based strategies to address patterns that get in the way of daily life.
How Deborah works
Deborah also brings approaches for trauma and intense emotional states. She draws on EMDR and dialectical behavior ideas when trauma, strong emotions, or self-destructive patterns are present. Her work includes attention to parenting strain, caregiver stress, grief, and identity issues faced by LGBT clients.
Sessions are collaborative and goal-focused. Deborah helps people break problems into small steps, practice new skills, and track progress between meetings. She also supports clients dealing with sleep problems, anger, career transitions, and feelings of emptiness.
People who prefer clear structure with empathy often find her style helpful. She encourages questions and adapts pace to each person. Starting therapy can feel hard, and Deborah tries to make that first step easier.
Deborah lists 8 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
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 10 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | New York |
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Online support options
How Deborah's Methods Work Online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding each person's experience. Online sessions use that approach to create a space where clients can talk through feelings and decisions while the therapist follows their lead and offers reflective feedback.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going and teaches practical steps to change them. Online CBT sessions often include short exercises, homework, and focused problem-solving that fit a client's day-to-day life.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, emphasizes building emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and better communication. When strong emotions or relationship patterns are a challenge, DBT skills can be practised in-session and rehearsed between meetings through messaging or written check-ins.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Deborah will talk with clients about their goals and preferences and recommend methods that match those needs. She adjusts techniques over time based on what is most helpful for the individual.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is good for deeper conversation and exercises, phone works when bandwidth is limited, live chat fits shorter check-ins, and messaging helps track progress between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy days and to keep consistent momentum toward goals.
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A practical next step
Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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