About Debra
Debra Shelton helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, addiction concerns, grief, trauma, sleep problems, low self-esteem, and compassion fatigue. She has 22 years of experience and is identified as LPC and LMHC. Her style is straightforward and respectful, with a focus on practical steps toward feeling better.
She offers sessions that are interactive and direct while keeping a relaxed tone. She listens for what matters most to each person and works with them to try new ways of coping.
How Debra works
Sessions emphasize learning simple skills that can be used outside of therapy. Debra draws on approaches such as cognitive behavioral therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy, client-centered methods, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing. Those tools are used to help people change unhelpful thoughts, build values-based goals, and boost motivation for recovery.
The work often involves small experiments and new habits practiced between sessions. Her practice also addresses blended family issues, caregiver stress, aging and geriatric concerns, codependency, communication problems, divorce and separation, and family of origin issues. She helps people coping with emptiness, guilt, shame, infidelity, and isolation by separating the immediate problem from longer-term patterns and testing alternatives.
People who start therapy with Debra are guided to set clear goals and try manageable steps toward them. The approach is collaborative: she helps shape a plan, but clients steer the priorities. She accepts international clients and provides services from Florida.
Debra lists 7 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
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Registers | LPC, LMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 22 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Florida |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches adapted for online care
Debra commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy in her online practice. CBT focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing practical changes in behavior to reduce anxiety, depression, and sleep problems. Acceptance and commitment therapy helps people clarify personal values and take small committed actions even when uncomfortable feelings appear, which can be useful for coping with loss, addiction, and life transitions.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. She will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and suggest which methods to try first. That choice is revisited as goals change and progress is made so the plan stays useful and relevant.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect, including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and longer skill-building sessions. Phone sessions can fit into a busy day or be used when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging work well for brief check-ins, tracking progress, and staying connected between longer sessions.
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