About Debra
Debra Rice is a licensed social worker who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and life changes. She uses practical strategies to help clients feel less overwhelmed and more in control. Debra brings 14 years of experience as an LCSW in New York and focuses on clear steps people can use day to day.
Her approach blends evidence-based methods with attention to how relationships shape feelings. Sessions often focus on identifying which thoughts and habits keep problems alive.
How Debra works
She teaches skills for handling strong emotions and for making values-based choices that lead to lasting change. Debra works with concerns that include parenting strain, relationship issues, addiction, sleep problems, and career stress. She also supports people dealing with attachment issues, caregiver stress, body image worries, and life transitions.
Practical coping tools and problem-solving are common parts of her work. In session she uses plain language and short, focused steps. Clients learn behavioral skills from cognitive behavioral therapy and emotion regulation tools from dialectical behavior therapy.
She also draws on acceptance and commitment strategies to help people act on what matters most to them. She offers appointments by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules. New clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a time that works for them.
Therapy subscriptions can be canceled at any time and rates vary with location and therapist availability.
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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
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 14 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | New York |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches that translate to online care
Debra uses cognitive behavioral therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy to help people change unhelpful habits and take action on what matters. Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on practical steps to shift upsetting thoughts and behaviors, which is useful for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and work stress. Acceptance and commitment therapy helps people notice difficult feelings without getting stuck and choose values-based actions that move life forward.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and how they respond to different strategies. Together they pick methods that fit the issue and the person's everyday life, then adjust those methods as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video lets people work face to face when longer conversation is helpful. Phone sessions can be easier when less bandwidth is available. Live chat and text messaging provide shorter check-ins or support between longer appointments. These options help fit therapy into busy schedules and different daily routines.
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