About Debra
Debra Stone is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who helps people facing addictions, relationship and family tensions, parenting strain, depression, anxiety, and major life changes. She focuses on practical steps that reduce stress and improve daily functioning. Her approach centers on the person in front of her and their strengths.
She aims to make first steps toward change feel doable. With ten years of professional experience, Debra draws on straightforward, evidence-based therapeutic techniques to guide conversations and goal setting.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on real-life problems like managing mood swings, coping with substance use issues, healing after infidelity, or navigating divorce and blended family challenges. She also addresses concerns such as anger, low self-esteem, career strain, and intimacy-related difficulties. Debra works with adults on issues related to aging and geriatric transitions, autism and Asperger syndrome, intellectual disability, and young adult concerns.
She offers support for process addictions like gambling or problematic porn use, as well as drug and alcohol addiction. Women’s issues and the emotional fallout from guilt and shame are also areas she routinely addresses. Therapy with Debra tends to be collaborative and practical.
She helps people spot patterns, try new coping skills, and build on existing strengths. The aim is steady progress rather than overnight fixes. Based in Florida, Debra uses clear, compassionate language in sessions.
She encourages questions and works with each person to set realistic, manageable goals.
Evidence-based approaches for online care
Debra uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on clear, practical change. One common method helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and test new ways of thinking and behaving to reduce symptoms of anxiety and depression. Another approach emphasizes skills training and step-by-step strategies for managing cravings, reducing risky behaviors, and improving emotion regulation in cases of addiction or intense mood swings.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Debra treats therapy as a collaboration and will help clients choose methods that fit their goals, values, and daily life. She checks in regularly and adjusts techniques based on what is working and what needs to change.
Online therapy offers flexibility for people with busy or changing schedules. Video calls let people have a face-to-face conversation when that is helpful. Phone sessions can be useful when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging make it possible to get support between appointments and fit therapy into short gaps in the day. These options help make consistent progress more manageable.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Stress, Anxiety
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English