About Deborah
Deborah Goulet brings more than two decades of social work experience to her practice. She holds a Master’s in Social Work and is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Colorado. Deborah writes simply and directly: she wants to hear a person’s story and walk alongside them through change.
Her work focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, and addiction. Sessions often cover what is happening now and introduce a small, practical skill to try between meetings.
Background and approach
She emphasizes gradual change and meeting people where they are in the process. Deborah values respect and diversity. She uses clear language and straightforward goals so conversations do not feel clinical or distant.
The approach aims to give information and support to help people make informed choices about their lives. Over 22 years she has supported people coping with chronic illness, caregiver strain, attachment concerns, and issues related to substance use. She also has experience with first responder stress, domestic violence, dissociation, and grief after loss.
Deborah adapts conversations to the situation at hand and works at a measured pace. In sessions she offers a mix of listening, practical tools, and encouragement. People can expect a focus on current problems and one clear skill or idea to try before the next session.
The work is collaborative and paced to the individual’s needs.
Evidence-based approaches and online care
Deborah works from straightforward, evidence-based techniques that focus on present-day problems and practical skills. One common approach is building coping skills for anxiety and stress through step-by-step strategies that help reduce overwhelm and improve day-to-day functioning. These techniques teach breathing, grounding, and short behavioral experiments to test what helps.She also uses trauma-informed methods that prioritize safety and pacing when addressing past hurt. This means slowing the work when needed, naming reactions, and introducing small tools to manage memories or strong feelings. For addiction and substance concerns she focuses on stages of change and supports people in moving through readiness, planning, and gradual change at a pace that fits them.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Deborah will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals, comfort level, and life situation. The plan can shift as progress is made and new needs appear.
Online therapy is offered in multiple formats to fit different routines. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual connection matters. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging suit brief check-ins, quick support between sessions, or people who process better in writing. These options help make scheduling simpler and therapy more flexible around work, caregiving, and health challenges.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 22 years
- Licensed
- Colorado
- Languages
- English