About Debra
Debra Aquino is an LCSW licensed in Kentucky with three years of clinical experience. She focuses on practical help for common problems such as anxiety, depression, ADHD, and stress. Her style is warm and interactive, and she aims to treat each person with respect and sensitivity.
Debra listens first to understand what feels most pressing. She then works with clients to set clear, realistic goals and small steps toward them.
Background and approach
Sessions are conversational and focused on what will make everyday life easier for the client. Her approach blends client-centered listening with cognitive behavioral techniques and mindfulness practices. That combination helps people notice unhelpful thoughts, try different behaviors, and build steady routines.
Motivational interviewing and solution-focused work are used to strengthen motivation and identify immediate next steps. Debra also brings attention to cultural background and life transitions, including work with veteran and armed forces issues and multicultural concerns. She is mindful of seasonal mood shifts such as seasonal affective disorder and the way life changes can affect mood and routines.
She offers sessions in English and sees people both in Kentucky and internationally through online formats. Clients can connect by video calls, phone, live chat, or text messaging. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule according to the therapist's availability.
How these approaches work online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening with empathy and helping clients set their own goals. In an online session this means the therapist prioritizes understanding your daily challenges and tailoring conversation to what you say matters most. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and test out different behaviors. Delivered by video or phone, CBT sessions often include practical exercises and short between-session tasks to build new habits.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will collaborate with you to choose techniques that match your needs, goals, and comfort with different formats. That collaborative process can include trying an approach for a few sessions and adjusting the plan as you learn what helps.
Online formats offer practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and screen-sharing for worksheets, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat is useful for brief check-ins, and text messaging supports frequent, short updates between sessions. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into busy days, manage seasonal changes in routine, or keep momentum when travel or work schedules change.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
Also listed
- ADHD
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- LGBT
- Multicultural concerns
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Kentucky, Tennessee
- Languages
- English
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