About Debra
Debra Martin uses client-centered and mindfulness approaches to guide conversations about stress, anxiety, parenting, mood, and life transitions. She is a Licensed Independent Social Worker, LISW, practicing in Ohio. Her style is straightforward and respectful, aimed at helping people notice what matters and try small changes that can make a real difference.
Debra has nine years of experience in social work and counseling. She focuses on everyday problems like sleep disruption, career uncertainty, low self-esteem, and managing anger.
How Debra works
She also helps people facing ADHD, relationship struggles, and the strain of caregiving. Her work includes attention to aging and geriatric issues, attachment and family of origin concerns, and issues affecting those who are hearing impaired. Sessions begin with listening to what feels most urgent.
Debra helps set simple goals and chooses techniques that match the person's needs. That might include mindfulness practices to reduce anxiety, motivational interviewing to clarify goals, or solution-focused steps to try between meetings. The aim is practical progress rather than quick fixes.
Conversations are collaborative and paced to the person’s comfort. Debra balances warmth with straightforward feedback so people can try new ways of coping and notice what changes. People can expect to work on communication problems, money and financial stress, feelings of emptiness or isolation, and broader mood disorders.
The approach is flexible and adapted to each person’s life 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.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
Also listed
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Hearing impaired
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
Training and background
| Register | LISW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 9 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Ohio |
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Online support options
Practical approaches and online care
Debra uses client-centered therapy to start where a person is, listening without judgment and helping them set goals that feel doable. This approach is useful for concerns like low self-esteem, relationship communication, and general life stress.She also uses mindfulness therapy to teach simple attention and breathing practices that reduce reactivity. Mindfulness can help with anxiety, sleep problems, and managing anger by building steadier habits of noticing thoughts and feelings.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Debra will discuss options and tailor techniques based on the person’s goals and preferences. She treats the choice as a collaboration and checks in about what is or isn't helpful as therapy progresses.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy flexible. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited, and text or chat work well for quick check-ins or when people prefer shorter exchanges. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to continue progress between meetings.
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