About Deborah
Deborah Anderson is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Texas. She also holds a Licensed Independent Social Worker (LISW) credential in Ohio. Deborah works with people facing addictions, depression, anxiety, ADHD, grief, and other life stresses.
She aims to meet each person where they are and help them move toward clearer goals. Deborah favors a collaborative, solution-focused way of working. She helps clients set practical steps to address the barriers keeping them from a more satisfying life.
Background and approach
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, is part of her routine to identify and change unhelpful thinking patterns. Sessions are guided by the client's priorities. Deborah asks what matters most, then helps choose approaches that match those needs.
She describes herself as a visitor on the journey clients invite her to share, suggesting partnership rather than one-sided direction. Over two decades in practice have included support for people dealing with substance use, trauma and loss, anger, caregiving strain, parenting challenges, and relationship concerns. That experience informs how she shapes short-term work and longer plans depending on what a person wants.
In sessions Deborah focuses on concrete skills, small experiments, and steps that can fit into everyday life. People leave with ideas to try between meetings and clearer next steps. She conducts work in English and practices from Texas while also holding her Ohio credential.
How Deborah’s Approaches Work Online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and responding to a person's priorities. The therapist follows the client's lead, offering empathy and reflection to help clarify goals and values. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, teaches practical techniques to notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors that feed anxiety, depression, or ADHD challenges. Motivational Interviewing helps people resolve uncertainty about change by exploring strengths and reasons for wanting different outcomes.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with the client about goals and preferences, and then suggest one or a mix of methods to try. This happens collaboratively, with adjustments as progress and needs become clearer.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which offer practical flexibility. Video calls approximate a face-to-face conversation for skill practice and deeper discussion. Phone sessions work well for shorter check-ins or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging can support quick coaching, brief check-ins, and ongoing reflection between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to continue work consistently over time.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Addictions
- Grief
- Anger management
Also listed
- ADHD
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Ohio, Texas
- Languages
- English
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