About Debbie
Debbie Chen is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor practicing in Florida with nine years of experience. She works with adults who are coping with anxiety, depression, stress, ADHD, mood concerns, and life transitions. She aims to listen carefully and help people find practical ways to feel more in control.
Debbie uses straightforward conversation to help clients sort problems and set clear goals. She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to identify unhelpful thoughts and replace them with more helpful habits.
Background and approach
She also uses Motivational Interviewing to support people who want to make changes but feel stuck. Her client-centered attitude means she offers space for people to lead the conversation while she reflects what is most important to them. Sessions often focus on small, doable steps that fit into a person’s daily life.
She helps people build coping skills for stress, manage mood swings, and improve focus and organization when attention is a challenge. Debbie also brings system-level thinking to explore how relationships and routines affect problems. That can include communication patterns, caregiving stress, or blended family challenges.
She addresses a wide range of concerns including addictions, grief, eating and body image issues, and anger, choosing strategies that match each person’s needs. Her style is patient, direct, and collaborative. She encourages clients to keep control over their goals and pacing while she offers structure, feedback, and practical tools to make steady progress.
Approach-driven care delivered online
Debbie commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Motivational Interviewing to guide online work. CBT helps people notice patterns of thinking that make stress and low mood worse and practices small behavior changes to feel better. Motivational Interviewing supports people who want change but feel unsure, using guided questions to build motivation and practical next steps.Finding the right approach is part of the process. She will collaborate with each person to choose methods that fit their goals, preferences, and life demands. That planning usually begins by identifying one or two clear targets and testing strategies over several sessions to see what helps most.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for fuller conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth or camera use is a problem. Live chat and text allow brief check-ins, quick skills coaching, and flexible contact between sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, caregiving, and other daily responsibilities.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English
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