Debra Thomas
Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC)
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About Debra
I am licensed in Florida with 18 years of professional work experience. I have experience in helping clients with stress and anxiety, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, & coping with grief and loss. I work with my clients to create an open and safe environment where thoughts and feelings can be shared without judgment. Taking the first step to sign up for therapy takes courage and I am privileged to be a part of your support system.
What Debra helps with
- Depression
- Grief
- Relationship issues
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
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- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- 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
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
How Debra works
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
What clients say
- “I highly endorse Debra Thomas, her & I have been meeting via video for several months & her insight into the issues I have been dealing with for years has helped me tremendously & I wish I had done this years ago and maybe I would've saved myself a lot of grief. Debra is easy to talk to, understands relationships, grief & how to integrate back into the single category after of decades of being a couple. I am thankful to have her as my therapist.”
- “She gives me techniques to deal with my severe anxiety! I have suffered from anxiety since I was 16 and I'm now 44. After applying the suggested techniques qnd talking through triggers, I've seen a difference!”
- “We like Debra very much!”
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- “Debra Thomas has been awesome and I am happy that she is our therapist. She is an active listener, has great suggestions and insights and I feel like she has my wife and I on the right track in spite of the short time we have met with her.<br /> <br /> Thanks Debra!”
- “Debra has always been patient, professional, and clear in her guidance.”
- “Debra is kind, compassionate and professional.”
- “She made us feel very heard and was attentive to what we felt and was very focused for the whole session”
- “Debra is the best. She gives it to me straight.”
- “She is so easy to talk to! It’s a great atmosphere when we’re talking”
- “Debbie is very knowledgeable and helpful. We recommend her for other couples!”
- “She has been amazing. Only 2 sessions in and I feel like I'm doing better and gaining control back of my life and myself. I look forward to our sessions and the environment with her makes it safe and comfortable.”
- “Following Debra’s suggestions to heed my words and attitudes towards my adult daughter, we both see positive signs towards our once cold and indifferent relationship. With Debra’s continuous coaching, we both see better future ahead.”
- “Listens and understands. Very knowledgeable in her field”
- “Debbie has already helped me so much after only two sessions. She is very kind and insightful and has encouraged me to see things from a different perspective, which has been a great help to me. I highly recommend her!”
- “Debra has been a huge help for our family. She helps you see things differently, and gives you tools to work through life’s difficulties.”
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