About Debora
Debora Van Romer offers calm, steady support for people facing stress, anxiety, grief, relationship strain, and life transitions. She greets each person with warmth and straightforward care. Debora communicates in clear language and focuses on practical steps that can help day-to-day functioning.
She holds an Ohio LPCC (Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor). Debora draws on 16 years of experience to help people manage symptoms of depression, trauma and abuse, and compassion fatigue.
Background and approach
She also helps with intimacy-related concerns, parenting stress, and self-esteem struggles. Sessions are designed to let clients speak openly while moving toward concrete goals. Her work blends approaches that center on emotional connection and present-day problem solving.
Debora uses attachment-informed ideas to look at how early bonds shape current relationships. She pairs that with cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. Clients can expect a respectful, nonjudgmental space where their values guide the pace of therapy.
Debora emphasizes collaboration and clear steps people can try between sessions. She pays attention to family of origin patterns, communication problems, and issues like codependency or caregiver stress. Practical concerns are part of her focus too.
Debora helps people work through grief, divorce and separation, domestic violence repercussions, and aging or caregiver issues. She supports exploration of identity and commitment questions while aiming for small, achievable changes.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Debora often uses Attachment-Based Therapy to look at how early relationships affect current patterns. This approach helps when trust, closeness, or repeated relationship problems are causing distress. She also applies Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to identify unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors in everyday life. CBT is useful for managing anxiety, low mood, and anger by breaking problems into smaller, changeable steps.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Debora collaborates with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and comfort level. She will check in as treatment progresses and adjust techniques based on what helps most.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people have a face-to-face conversation from anywhere in Ohio, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging work well for brief check-ins, homework support, or when someone prefers written exchanges. These formats aim to make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into busy lives.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 16 years
- Licensed
- Ohio
- Languages
- English