Works with
- Anger
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Coping with life changes
How Deborah works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- New York
- Years in practice
- 21
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Deborah
Deborah Schnitzer is a licensed clinical social worker with 21 years of experience. She focuses on relationship struggles, anger, anxiety, depression, grief, and stress. People come to her when life changes feel heavy or when old patterns keep showing up.
She uses practical tools and plain talk rather than medical jargon. Sessions tend to focus on skills you can try between meetings, clearer ways to communicate, and steps to ease intense feelings.
Background and approach
She emphasizes respect, honesty, and a judgement-free approach. Deborah draws on a range of methods to fit each person's needs. That can mean working on how attachment history shapes current relationships, teaching cognitive-behavioral strategies to change unhelpful thoughts, or practicing emotion regulation skills from dialectical behavior therapy.
She explains techniques and helps people practice them in real life. Her background includes many years in clinical work and teaching as an adjunct instructor at graduate and undergraduate levels. That experience informs how she explains ideas and structures sessions so they feel useful and focused.
People who meet with Deborah can expect a collaborative process. She treats each person as the expert on their life and offers tools to support growth. The goal is steady change you can notice between appointments.
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.
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Coping with life changes
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Deborah lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic 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.
Therapeutic approaches you can use online
Deborah often combines attachment-focused work and cognitive-behavioral strategies. Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships shape current trust and closeness, and it helps people change patterns in their intimate connections. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, targets the thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going and teaches concrete steps to shift them.She also uses skills from dialectical behavior therapy to help manage intense emotions and improve tolerance for distress. These approaches are explained in simple terms and practiced together so clients can decide what helps most. Choosing the right mix of methods is a cooperative process; the therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences and adjust the approach over time.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets you practice interaction skills and see facial cues. Phone sessions can be a good fit when bandwidth is limited or when you prefer not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for short check-ins, step-by-step coaching, or tracking progress between longer meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or travel schedules while keeping the focus on practical change.
Questions people ask about Deborah
What concerns does she help with?
She works with relationship problems, anger, trauma and abuse, parenting stress, grief, anxiety, depression, self-esteem, career strain, and compassion fatigue.
What is her therapeutic style like?
She uses straightforward, practical sessions that teach skills and encourage practice between meetings. The tone is respectful, honest, and nonjudgmental.
How long has she practiced clinically?
She has 21 years of experience in counseling and has also taught as an adjunct instructor at college and graduate levels.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a licensed clinical social worker, LCSW, licensed in New York and practices from that region.
Which languages are supported and can she work across borders?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are offered online?
Sessions can be arranged as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How does pricing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; services are provided through a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.