About Debbie
Debbie Harris helps people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, trauma, depression, addictions, and changes in life. She offers practical support for relationship strain, parenting stress, grief, anger, self-esteem, and concerns like ADHD or bipolar disorder. Debbie is based in Oklahoma and brings 25 years of experience as an LPC - Licensed Professional Counselor.
She uses straightforward methods to help people move forward. Sessions focus on identifying unhelpful thoughts and trying small, doable changes.
Background and approach
Conversation is collaborative and goal-oriented, so people leave with clear next steps they can use between sessions. Debbie co-founded a counseling center in 2001 that served abused children across Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Missouri. That work included close collaboration with children’s advocacy groups and hands-on trauma care.
Her background includes assessing special needs in school settings and working with survivors of sex trafficking. Her clinical approach draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Solution-Focused Therapy. She combines thought-and-behavior work with short-term, practical strategies to address immediate problems and build longer-term coping skills.
Debbie also trained in equine-assisted therapy in 2012 and has integrated that perspective into her practice when appropriate. People who choose her often want direct, practical support and a counselor who has long experience with trauma, grief, and severe stress. To begin, she recommends a simple intake and planning conversation so goals and steps are clear from the first appointments.
How Debbie’s Approaches Work Online
Debbie uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and changing day-to-day habits.She also uses Solution-Focused Therapy to build short-term plans and small, practical changes. This approach helps when someone wants quick steps to manage stress, improve communication, or handle a specific problem.
Choosing the right approach is a team effort. Debbie talks with each person about their goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online work is offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make counseling more flexible. Video is good for in-depth conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can fit a break at work or use less bandwidth. Live chat and messaging suit quick check-ins, brief coaching, or notes between appointments. These options help people keep therapy consistent around busy schedules and life demands.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- Oklahoma
- Languages
- English