About Deborah
Deborah Sharp is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) in Oklahoma who focuses on practical support for stress, anxiety, grief, trauma and depression. She speaks plainly and aims to make early sessions feel manageable for a worried parent reading on a phone. Her approach begins with listening and creating straightforward goals that fit daily life.
She uses conversations to help people build coping skills and handle strong emotions. Sessions often include moment-to-moment tools for anxiety and distress, steps to recover after loss, and ways to notice and shift unhelpful thinking.
Background and approach
Deborah adapts her pace to each person and focuses on simple changes that can make a real difference. Deborah draws on several evidence-based approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy. She blends these with client-centered listening so people feel heard while learning usable strategies.
Mindfulness techniques are offered when they suit the person's needs. Her style is respectful and direct. She works with people on issues like self-esteem, codependency, attachment struggles, and coping after separation or other life disruptions.
Sessions are intended to be practical, with clear steps to try between meetings. Deborah has five years of professional experience in counseling. She tailors the plan to each person and helps set achievable, short-term goals.
Taking the first step can feel hard, and she aims to make the process steady and understandable.
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
Deborah commonly uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which focuses on noticing difficult thoughts and making values-based choices so people can act in ways that matter to them. It often helps with anxiety, avoidance, and feeling stuck.She also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, a method that looks at patterns of thinking and behavior and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful habits. CBT can be useful for depression, anxiety, and problems with motivation. When emotion intensity is high she may use Dialectical Behavior Therapy ideas to teach distress tolerance and emotion regulation skills in short, learnable steps.
Choosing the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, try out methods, and adjust plans based on what helps most. Treatment is collaborative and paced to the individual's needs and preferences.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls let people use visual cues and work through exercises together. Phone sessions require less bandwidth and can fit into a lunch break or commute. Live chat and text messaging allow brief check-ins, skill practice between sessions, and flexible contact when writing feels easier than talking. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent while fitting it into a busy life.
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What this counselor works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Oklahoma
- Languages
- English