Patricia DeBor , LPC

Patricia DeBor is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with more than 15 years of experience working across private practice, military settings, and higher education. She has supported couples, families, and individuals facing stress and anxiety, depression, life transitions, career concerns, grief and loss, aging challenges, trauma, and military-related issues.

Her counseling style is described as warm and genuine, grounded in evidence-based practices. She collaborates with each person to clarify priorities and to develop practical, individualized tools that address current difficulties and promote forward movement toward meaningful goals. Patricia emphasizes an approachable, skill-focused method that aims to reduce feelings of being stuck while building concrete strategies for coping and change.

As an LPC - a licensed mental health professional trained to provide counseling services - she brings experience from diverse settings to tailor support to the unique needs of individuals, couples, and families. She welcomes the opportunity to connect with prospective clients and to explore hopeful, workable steps toward well-being.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Patricia draws from several well-established approaches to tailor therapy to each person. Attachment-Based Therapy explores how early and important relationships shape patterns of connection and trust, helping people address relationship difficulties and emotional responses rooted in attachment history. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a supportive, nonjudgmental stance in which the therapist listens closely and helps the client clarify values and goals, useful for life transitions, grief, and self-understanding. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thought and behavior patterns and teaching practical skills to manage anxiety, stress, and mood concerns.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Patricia and the client collaborate to determine which methods fit best based on the client’s needs, goals, and preferences, and adjustments are made as progress unfolds. Licensed professionals bring training in these methods and adapt them to each individual.

Online therapy options such as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging offer flexibility and accessibility for people with busy schedules, mobility or caregiving constraints, or those living far from in-person services. These modalities make it easier to maintain continuity of care while fitting therapy into everyday life.