Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
How Deborah works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LMHC
- Licensed in
- New York, Florida, California, New Jersey, Massachusetts
- Years in practice
- 14
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Deborah
Deborah Browne is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor with 14 years of experience helping people manage strong emotions and life changes. She uses practical, evidence-informed approaches to address problems like anxiety, depression, stress, and anger. Deborah works with individuals who face relationship strain, grief, addiction concerns, or difficulties with sleep and eating.
Sessions focus on concrete skills and clear next steps rather than vague theory. Deborah favors cognitive behavioral techniques to spot unhelpful thinking and change daily habits.
Background and approach
She blends that with client-centered listening so the person sets the pace. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy ideas and mindfulness practices are woven in to help people tolerate difficult feelings while moving toward what matters to them.
Her background includes work with people processing trauma, attachment and abandonment wounds, adoption and foster-care-related issues, and complex mood presentations such as bipolar and disruptive mood dysregulation. She also supports people with ADHD, compassion fatigue, caregiver stress, and intimacy or kink-related concerns. The focus is on practical coping, better communication, and rebuilding routines.
Deborah offers multiple online formats for sessions, including video calls, phone, live chat, and text messaging. Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time and pricing varies by location. She accepts international clients and conducts therapy in English from her New York practice.
To begin, a short matching questionnaire is completed and scheduling follows based on therapist availability. This process helps match goals to a plan for weekly or as-needed sessions.
What Deborah works with
Everything Deborah lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Deborah's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Deborah lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying values and taking small committed actions even when emotions are difficult. It helps with anxiety, anger, and life transitions by shifting attention toward meaningful goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) identifies unhelpful thinking patterns and builds new behavioral habits through practical exercises and homework. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and anger management. Client-Centered Therapy centers the person’s experience by offering nonjudgmental listening and reflective feedback to help people find their own solutions.Finding the best mix of these approaches is a collaborative process. Deborah works with each person to set goals, try techniques, and adjust methods based on what helps most. She will talk through options and tailor sessions to match needs, preferences, and the pace the person wants.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is well suited to in-depth work and skill teaching, phone can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, live chat is useful for shorter check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy days and to keep momentum on progress.
Questions people ask about Deborah
What concerns does Deborah work with?
She focuses on stress, anxiety, depression, anger, relationship strain, grief, addictions, sleep and eating problems, and related issues such as ADHD, bipolar, and trauma recovery.
What is Deborah's therapeutic style?
Her style combines cognitive behavioral techniques with client-centered listening and mindfulness. Sessions involve practical skill-building and collaborative problem solving.
How long has she been practicing?
Deborah has 14 years of clinical experience working with individuals across a range of emotional and behavioral concerns.
Where is she licensed and located?
She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) based in New York and lists additional licensure details in her professional record.
In which languages can sessions be held?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
Which session formats are available?
Therapy can be delivered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How much do sessions cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What is the first step to start therapy?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions based on therapist availability.