About Debra
Debra Dean is a licensed clinical social worker with 35 years of experience. She holds an LCSW and practices in Florida. She brings a practical, solution-focused outlook to sessions and aims to help people navigate hard times with clear guidance and support.
She has worked in many different settings and enjoys the variety her career has offered. Over the years she developed a broad set of problem-solving skills that she uses with people facing grief, loss, mood disorders like bipolar and depression, and anxiety.
How Debra works
She also supports those coping with life changes, compassion fatigue, addiction, and trauma and abuse. Debra pays attention to relationships and intimacy-related concerns, self-esteem struggles, and LGBT issues. She also has experience with aging and geriatric matters, family of origin problems, hospice and end-of-life counseling, intellectual disability, narcissism, women's issues, and workplace stress.
Her background gives her tools for many different challenges. Her style is collaborative and down-to-earth. She treats the person as the expert on their own story and offers education, practical strategies, and steady support.
Sessions are focused on finding realistic steps that fit the person’s life. People who want direct guidance, clear problem-solving, and a compassionate presence may find her approach helpful. She works in English and provides services through remote formats offered by the practice.
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.
- Grief
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
Also listed
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Narcissism
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 35 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Florida |
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Online support options
Approaches that guide online care
Evidence-based therapeutic techniques are used to create clear, practical plans. One common approach focuses on problem-solving and coping skills to help people manage symptoms of depression, anxiety, and stress. It breaks challenges into small steps and identifies actions that can be practiced between sessions.Another useful approach emphasizes grief work and support for loss. This involves talking through what has happened, naming feelings, and finding rituals or routines that help a person move forward while honoring what they have lost. It is often helpful for hospice, end-of-life concerns, and bereavement.
Picking the best approach is a shared process. The therapist will ask about needs, goals, and daily life, and then suggest techniques that fit those priorities. Together they will adjust the plan if something is not working or if needs change over time.
Online therapy offers a range of ways to meet. Video calls let people have a face-to-face conversation, phone sessions work well when video is difficult, live chat is useful for quick check-ins, and text-based messaging can support shorter, ongoing contact. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, manage low-energy days, and stay connected when travel or distance would otherwise be a barrier.
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