About Debra
Debra Struzinski is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 24 years of clinical experience. She works with adults who are struggling with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, and ADHD. Debra focuses on practical, real-world steps people can use right away.
She uses straightforward conversation and guided exercises to help people feel less overwhelmed. Debra blends Client-Centered Therapy with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help clients notice unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors.
Background and approach
Motivational Interviewing is used when someone needs help finding motivation for change. Debra also draws on Internal Family Systems to help clients understand different parts of themselves and how those parts affect choices. She helps people facing grief, parenting stress, career uncertainty, addiction concerns, and life transitions.
She supports those managing mood disorders such as bipolar and depression without promising specific outcomes. Sessions are aimed at clear goals. Debra listens carefully, reflects what she hears, and offers small experiments to test out between meetings.
She pays attention to communication breakdowns, isolation, and feelings like guilt, shame, and low self-worth. Based in Connecticut and licensed as an LMFT in Florida and Connecticut, Debra offers therapy in English. She works with adults who want practical tools, clearer relationships, and better coping skills.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
The practice combines Client-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to make online sessions practical and collaborative. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening, empathy, and tailoring conversations to what matters most to the individual; it helps people feel heard and supported. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps identify unhelpful thoughts and patterns and then tests small behavior changes to reduce anxiety or depressive symptoms.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful, then adapt tools and exercises to fit those needs. This is a collaborative process where feedback shapes what happens next.
Online therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care more flexible. Video lets people read facial cues and try interactive exercises. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Chat and text work well for brief updates, goal tracking, or moments when typing feels preferable to speaking. These options help people fit sessions into busy lives and keep continuity when schedules change.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Postpartum depression
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 24 years
- Licensed
- Connecticut, Florida
- Languages
- English
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