About Debra
Debra Rice uses practical, evidence-informed therapy to help people regain balance. She is a licensed clinical social worker - LCSW - based in New York and brings 14 years of experience to sessions. Debra focuses on everyday problems like stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, grief, and life changes.
She also helps people facing relationship strain, parenting stress, sleep troubles, and struggles with addiction. Her approach mixes methods that suit each person.
Background and approach
She uses techniques from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to spot unhelpful thinking. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people accept difficult feelings and reconnect with values. Dialectical Behavior Therapy and attachment-focused ideas are added when emotional regulation or relationship patterns are central.
Sessions are oriented toward small, doable steps. Debra helps people set clear goals and practice skills between meetings. She keeps language plain and focuses on what can change in daily life rather than on jargon.
People contact her when they feel stuck after a life event, face ongoing stress, or want help with mood or relationship problems. She also offers guidance for aging and caregiver stress, body image and eating concerns, and issues around codependency and commitment. Therapy is offered in English and delivered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
Debra works with each person to find what fits their schedule and needs.
How these approaches work well online
Debra commonly uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in online sessions. ACT focuses on noticing difficult thoughts and feelings while taking steps that match what matters to you; it can help with anxiety, depression, and life transitions. CBT looks at patterns of thinking and behavior and teaches practical skills to reduce worry and improve mood, which is useful for stress, sleeping problems, and low self-esteem.Choosing an approach is a shared process. She will talk with each person about their goals, try methods that fit, and adjust as progress is made. That means the plan can change if something isn’t helping, and techniques are picked to match the person’s daily life and preferences.
Online therapy offers flexibility in how and when people meet. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction for skills practice and deeper conversation. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or a camera isn’t wanted. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for quick check-ins, brief support between sessions, or keeping therapy going when schedules are tight. These options help fit therapy into work, caregiving, and other routines.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
Also works with
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English