About Deborah
Deborah Lee is a licensed independent social worker (LISW) based in Ohio. She brings 31 years of experience to short- and long-term concerns. Deborah emphasizes a warm, respectful working relationship and clear, practical skills a person can use between sessions.
She draws on client-centered work that keeps the person’s goals front and center. Cognitive behavioral ideas are used to spot unhelpful patterns and try small, doable behavior changes. Emotionally-focused approaches help name feelings and improve how people respond to strong emotions.
How Deborah works
Deborah blends teaching with therapy. She offers concrete tools for communication, stress reduction, sleep, and self-esteem. Sessions can include problem-solving steps, role-play, and homework to practice new skills between meetings.
She helps people facing anxiety, depression, addiction concerns, trauma, grief, and relationship or intimacy-related struggles. Additional areas of focus include chronic pain and illness, caregiver stress, aging and geriatric issues, gender dysphoria, and questions around sexual interests such as BDSM and kink. Deborah aims to build open, honest dialogue where clients feel heard and respected.
She describes therapy as a team effort and focuses on helping people discover what works for them. The process is practical and gradual, with attention to values, meaning, and daily coping. For those ready to start, Deborah supports stepping through life changes, managing mood disorders, and reducing compassion fatigue with steady, experienced guidance.
Deborah lists 7 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
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Intimacy-related issues
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | LISW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 31 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Ohio |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
How Deborah’s Approaches Translate to Online Therapy
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening, understanding values, and following the client’s lead to set goals. Online sessions allow that same focus by keeping conversations centered on what matters most to the person and adapting pacing to their needs.Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) looks at thoughts and behaviors and tests small experiments to change unhelpful patterns. In remote sessions, CBT work often includes brief skill teaching, worksheets sent between meetings, and short behavioral tasks to try and report back on.
Emotionally-focused therapy (EFT) helps people name and respond differently to strong feelings so they feel less overwhelmed. Through video or phone, the therapist helps identify emotional patterns and practices new responses in real time.
Finding the best approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, try options, and adjust methods based on what helps the client make progress. That collaborative process continues whether sessions are by phone, video, chat, or text.
Online formats offer practical flexibility. Video calls are useful for face-to-face interaction and deeper emotional work, phone sessions require less bandwidth and can fit into busy days, live chat supports faster check-ins, and text messaging allows brief ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into daily life and keep momentum between meetings.
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