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Deborah Beard

IL LCPC 180.006969
Credentials
IL LCPC 180.006969
NPI Number
1447368097
Location
Illinois
Languages
English
Deborah Beard

Accepting new clients

30 years experience | Intl Clients Welcome
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About Deborah Beard

My name is Deborah Beard. I am trained in Marriage & Family Therapy and have served as a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor for over 25 years. I graduated in 1996 with a Masters degree in Science: Family Therapy from Friends University in Wichita, Kansas. My previous work experience as a Human Resource Manager and a Professor of Education bring relatable life skill experiences into each of my sessions. I have served as a counselor in both public and private mental health agencies, primarily for those seeking help with depression,
anxiety, mood disorders, trauma and abuse recovery, relationships, and parenting skills.

Any client who has the courage to seek counseling is someone worth celebrating. With gentleness and warmth, I try to focus on each of my clients’ strengths to help them in the areas they desire to change. I utilize counseling tools from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Rational Emotive Therapy, Solution Focused Therapy, and Systemic Therapy as appropriate. Each client’s faith and moral values are recognized as a wonderful foundation for their desired growth. I look forward to meeting you!

Licenses

LCPC
180.006969

Professional experience

  • Addictions
  • Anger management
  • Bipolar disorder
  • Career difficulties
  • Coaching
  • Depression
  • Eating disorders
  • Family conflicts
  • Grief
  • Intimacy-related issues
  • Parenting issues
  • Relationship issues
  • Self esteem
  • Sleeping disorders
  • Stress, Anxiety
  • Trauma and abuse

Additional Focus Areas

  • Abandonment
  • Adoption and foster care
  • Aging and geriatric issues
  • Attachment issues
  • Avoidant personality
  • Blended family issues
  • Body image
  • Cancer
  • Caregiver issues and stress
  • Chronic pain, illness, and disability
  • Co-morbidity
  • Codependency
  • Commitment issues
  • Communication problems
  • Control issues
  • Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
  • Dependent personality
  • Divorce and separation
  • Domestic violence
  • Drug and alcohol addiction
  • Eating and food-related issues
  • Emptiness
  • Family of origin issues
  • Family problems
  • Fertility issues
  • First responder issues
  • Forgiveness
  • Guilt and shame
  • HIV / AIDS
  • Hoarding
  • Impulsivity
  • Infidelity
  • Isolation / loneliness
  • Jealousy
  • Life purpose
  • Midlife crisis
  • Money and financial issues
  • Mood disorders
  • Multicultural concerns
  • Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
  • Panic disorder and panic attacks
  • Personality disorders
  • Phobias
  • Post-traumatic stress
  • Postpartum depression
  • 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
  • Sexual dysfunction
  • Sexuality
  • Smoking / vaping cessation
  • Social anxiety and phobia
  • Trichotillomania
  • Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
  • Visually impaired
  • Women's issues
  • Workplace issues
  • Young adult issues

Clinical Approaches

  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
  • Attachment-Based Therapy
  • Client-Centered Therapy
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
  • Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
  • Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
  • Gottman Method
  • Imago Relationship Therapy
  • Internal Family Systems
  • Mindfulness Therapy
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Narrative Therapy
  • Solution-Focused Therapy
  • Systemic Therapy
  • Trauma-Focused Therapy

Languages

  • English

15 Reviews

“She’s fantastic!”

“Debra is wonderful.”

“Deb is very helpful in getting us to<br /> Talk to her and to talk to each other.”

“Debra checks in with me and is always punctual! She gives me tools to navigate the child parent reunification process.”

“I just love working with Deb. During such a difficult time in my life she has been a breath of fresh air. She is funny, she is patient, she is kind, and most of all she cares !! She listens to me, Understands me and has many different tools and tactics that suit me and my needs. I look forward to chatting with Deb every week, and am so glad she came into my life when I needed her the most.”

“Deborah Beard is a insightful, sensitive, and supportive therapist. She has been enormously helpful to me in removing myself from a difficult and destructive relationship, and in helping me find a path forward to a future I want and to my own happiness.”

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“Deborah is amazing. You never know how much you need her until you meet her. Her depth of insight, her wisdom and how she cares about you is unparalleled. She is like the extra mama bear who teaches you all the self love that you deserve. Thank you for being so supportive to my growth!”

“Deborah is a giving and kind woman. She wants you to feel better, you can feel it through her caring advice and enthusiasm to talk you through issues. I’m so happy to have found her!”

“I’m not going to lie, at first I wasn’t so sure how things would be but turns out I Love her, she is honest and caring she lets you know everything is confidential she makes you feel comfortable opening up to her.”

“Deborah is amazing. She shares personal stories that help you feel less alone. She is relatable and and easy to talk to—making it easy for my partner and me to communicate and grow.”

“I have never participated in any type of therapy up until now. Deborah opened my eyes and showed me how much therapy can help not only myself but my relationship with everyone else around me most importantly, my wife and children.”

“Deborah is such a great listener & always supports my feelings. She is sweet & kind & such a supportive person who is always teaching me so much about setting boundaries for myself so I’m not walked all over. Love her help so much!”

“Deborah is an amazing therapist!! Attentive, knowledgeable and wise. An inspiration and Godsent!”

“Deborah has been very understanding and helpful. She’s nailed things about us that I thought was just in my head and provided helpful insight to our issues”

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