About DeBora
DeBora Turpin is a licensed professional counselor who helps people manage stress, anxiety, anger, depression, ADHD, addictions, relationship and family struggles, and trauma. She focuses on practical steps that change thinking and breathing patterns so feelings and behavior shift. DeBora aims to help each person identify what they want and build a clear plan to get there.
Her approach is direct and results-oriented. She uses techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy to challenge unhelpful thoughts.
Background and approach
She also works with mindfulness and hypnotherapy tools to teach breathing and calmness skills. For trauma and intense distress she combines EMDR elements with grounding strategies. DeBora draws on personal experience with family stress and recovery to relate to the everyday pressures of raising children and working while coping with old wounds.
She speaks plainly and sets small, achievable steps so progress is visible. Sessions are geared toward concrete change rather than long theory talks. With three years of practice as an LPC in Oklahoma, she offers coaching-style support alongside clinical methods.
Many people come for help with life transitions, grief, caregiver strain, chronic illness, or problems around trust and abandonment. DeBora helps clients break patterns, repair communication, and find a renewed sense of purpose. She sees therapy as a partnership.
Together with each person she identifies goals, tracks progress, and adjusts the plan when needed. Her aim is to leave clients with skills they can use every day.
Practical Approaches Delivered Online
DeBora uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, and problems with focus or compulsive habits because it breaks big problems into small, manageable steps.She also works with Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, or EMDR, to address traumatic memories and strong emotional reactions. EMDR aims to reduce the intensity of painful memories so day-to-day life feels more manageable.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, symptoms, and preferences and then try methods that fit best. Progress is tracked and the plan is adjusted as needed so the client stays involved in decisions about their care.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation, while phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging work well for quick updates, coaching between sessions, or people who prefer written communication. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and reach licensed professionals from different locations.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Anger management
- Depression
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Bipolar disorder
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dissociation
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Life purpose
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Trichotillomania
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Oklahoma
- Languages
- English