About Debra
Debra Cosentino is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Pennsylvania who helps people facing relationship strain, family challenges, trauma and abuse, anxiety, depression, and the stress of life changes. She focuses on practical coping skills, improving communication, and restoring self-esteem. Her style is warm and direct, aimed at making therapy feel understandable and usable.
Debra draws on client-centered methods to follow each person’s priorities and build trust. She also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thoughts and try more useful habits.
How Debra works
Solution-focused work helps set clear, achievable goals so progress is easier to spot. Her background includes four years of professional experience and work at a domestic violence and sexual assault agency. That work gave experience supporting people who experienced trauma and helping them build safety and coping strategies.
She has worked with adults across a range of concerns including panic, phobias, grief, and relationship breakdowns. Sessions emphasize a nonjudgmental tone and real-world steps. Debra often blends short-term problem solving with deeper exploration when needed.
She may introduce play-based ideas adapted for adults to help access emotions and movement toward change. People who come to Debra can expect straightforward conversation about what’s going wrong and concrete suggestions to try between sessions. She meets each person where they are and adjusts the pace to match their needs and goals.
Debra lists 4 ways of working on the entry:
What Debra works with
The areas below are the ones Debra selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Co-morbidity
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 4 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Pennsylvania |
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Online support options
Approaches that fit online work
Debra commonly blends client-centered work with cognitive behavioral therapy. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and following the person's priorities so sessions feel respectful and relevant. It helps people clarify what matters and build trust in the process. Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at thinking patterns and behaviors and offers practical exercises to ease anxiety, panic, or low mood.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. She will talk with each person about goals and preferences and try methods that match those needs. Decisions about focus and pace are made collaboratively, and approaches can shift as progress is made.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Text and chat options let people share thoughts between sessions and keep communication flexible around busy days.
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