About Deborah
Deborah Thoennes helps people who are feeling overwhelmed, anxious, or stuck. She speaks plainly and listens closely to what matters most. Deborah is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 15 years of experience in Wisconsin.
She focuses on stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, and self-esteem issues. She also supports people coping with life changes, grief, caregiving strain, and work-related burnout. Deborah works with concerns such as ADHD, bipolar mood issues, body image, and eating concerns in individual sessions.
How Deborah works
Her style centers on the person in front of her. She adapts conversations and plans to fit each individual's needs. Sessions tend to be practical and goal-oriented while still making space for emotion and reflection.
Deborah draws on several well-known approaches to structure therapy. That includes client-centered methods that prioritize the client's perspective, cognitive behavioral tools to identify and change patterns of thinking, and mindfulness techniques to build calm and present-moment awareness. She may also use emotionally focused ideas when relationships or attachment come into play.
People who reach out can expect straightforward guidance and steady support. Deborah encourages small, manageable steps and checks progress along the way. She invites people to take the next step when they feel ready and will help create a plan that fits their life and goals.
Deborah lists 12 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
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 15 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Wisconsin |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
Approaches that translate well to online care
Client-centered work puts the client's experience first and creates space for them to guide each session; online meetings let that conversation happen from wherever is most convenient. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, uses clear steps to spot and change unhelpful thinking patterns and behaviors, which can be practiced between sessions through phone or text check-ins. Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people deepen emotional understanding in their relationships and can be used in individual sessions to look at attachment and communication patterns.Choosing the right approach is a shared process. The therapist will ask about goals, current struggles, and personal preferences, then try methods that fit the person. If one style doesn't feel right, adjustments are made so therapy becomes more useful and comfortable.
Online formats here include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls are useful for face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a quieter setup is needed. Live chat and messaging can provide shorter check-ins, reflection between sessions, or a flexible option during a busy day. These choices make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or other routines.
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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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