Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
How Deborah works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LMFT
- Licensed in
- California
- Years in practice
- 10
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Deborah
Dr. Deborah Wieland is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with ten years of professional experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, anger, trauma, depression, addiction, and relationship struggles.
She speaks plainly and focuses on practical steps people can try between sessions. Her approach treats each person as the expert on their life. She listens for strengths and builds on what already works.
Sessions are aimed at clear goals such as reducing angry outbursts, managing panic, or improving communication at work.
Background and approach
Dr. Wieland blends methods that match a person's needs. She uses attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships shape current patterns.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people test unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. Mindfulness strategies bring attention to the present moment and reduce reactivity. She works with people coping with life changes, grief, compassion fatigue, and career questions as well as intimacy-related concerns and family-of-origin issues.
Practical tools and short experiments in session are common so people can notice change quickly. Dr. Wieland practices in California as a CA LMFT.
Her style is direct but empathetic, aiming to make progress feel doable. If a parent is reading and worried about anger or anxiety, she focuses on small steady steps that can fit into a busy life.
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
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Deborah lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
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
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape how someone connects and reacts today. Online sessions can use this work to notice patterns in close relationships and practice new ways of relating. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions and offers clear tools to test unhelpful thinking and try different behaviors. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention practices that reduce reactivity and help with anger, anxiety, and stress.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Dr. Wieland typically blends methods based on a person's goals and preferences. She will talk through options with each person and pick strategies together so the plan fits the client's needs and daily life.
Online formats offer practical advantages. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when that helps build connection. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier to fit into a work break. Live chat or text-based messaging supports brief check-ins, step-by-step coaching, and follow-up between sessions. These options make scheduling more flexible and let therapy continue even when life is busy.
Questions people ask about Deborah
What concerns does she commonly address?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, anger, depression, addictions, relationship and family issues, grief, self-esteem, career challenges, bipolar concerns, and compassion fatigue.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is collaborative and straightforward. She centers clients' strengths and works on small, practical steps between sessions.
What is her professional background?
She has ten years of professional experience working with a range of concerns including first responder issues, domestic violence, and blended family issues.
What credential and location are listed?
She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with a California LMFT credential and practices in California.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
What formats are available for sessions?
Sessions can be conducted via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How does pricing and payment work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling based on the therapist's availability.