About Deborah
Deborah Maqueira is a licensed mental health counselor who helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by anxiety, depression, ADHD, grief, or major life changes. She speaks plainly and offers direct support so visitors can quickly see whether her style feels like a fit. Her approach aims to reduce stuck thinking and build steps people can use day to day.
Her work often blends practical tools with straightforward conversation. She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and client-centered listening to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try new ways of responding.
Background and approach
Sessions can include simple exercises, questions that challenge old patterns, and everyday examples to make ideas stick. Deborah has 17 years of experience as an LMHC in Florida. That background means she has worked with many common concerns such as stress, relationship and communication problems, substance use struggles, and burnout among helping professionals.
She also supports people dealing with trauma, grief, low self-esteem, anger, and issues around intimacy and life purpose. Her style is empathetic and candid. She uses humor and unexpected analogies to spark new insight, and she expects clients to do active work between sessions.
The goal is practical change rather than only talking about problems. For people who prefer online options, Deborah meets by video, phone, live chat, and text messaging. She can help clients pick tools that fit their daily routine and keep therapy moving forward.
Online approaches that match your life
Deborah uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy as core tools. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with real-life actions to reduce anxiety and low mood. ACT helps people clarify values and take small steps toward a meaningful life even when difficult feelings remain.She also leans on client-centered listening to make space for each person's experience. This means the therapist listens first, reflects what she hears, and then collaborates on practical next steps. Finding the right mix of methods is part of the process, and she works together with clients to choose what fits their goals and preferences.
Online therapy is offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life. Video is useful for deeper conversations and exercises, phone calls can work when bandwidth is limited, live chat and messaging help with quick check-ins or brief coaching between sessions. These options give people flexibility to keep therapy consistent while balancing work, family, and daily demands.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 17 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English
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