About Debra
Debra Cosentino is a licensed professional counselor in Pennsylvania who helps people facing relationship strain, family conflict, trauma and abuse, anxiety, depression, and parenting stress. She brings four years of counseling experience to sessions and focuses on practical steps people can use day to day. Debra aims to make the first step less daunting and to offer steady support along the way.
Her approach is straightforward and person-focused. She listens to what matters most, then uses tools from cognitive behavioral therapy to spot unhelpful thinking and create different patterns.
Background and approach
She also draws on solution-focused techniques to set clear, achievable goals in a few sessions. Debra has hands-on experience supporting people affected by domestic violence and sexual assault. That background informs how she responds to trauma and post-traumatic stress, with attention to pacing and safety during treatment.
She adapts Trauma-Focused Therapy methods to address distress and to strengthen coping skills. Sessions are conversational and grounded in real life. She makes space for people to share their feelings and practices, then works with them to try new ways of coping.
Parents who are worn down by caregiving demands can get concrete strategies for stress management and communication. People can expect a calm, nonjudgmental tone in sessions. Debra combines active listening with goal-oriented planning so each meeting has a clear focus.
Her work is practical, collaborative, and aimed at helping people move forward.
Online approaches that focus on skills and healing
Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes being heard and understood. The therapist follows the person's lead, reflects feelings, and helps people find their own answers to relationship and family stress.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect. It teaches practical exercises to reduce anxiety, manage panic, and change patterns that keep depression or low self-esteem going. Solution-Focused Therapy spends time identifying what is already working and building small, achievable steps toward clearer goals.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss options and tailor methods to the person's needs, goals, and preferences. That means trying tools together, checking what helps, and adjusting the plan as progress is made.
Online sessions are available as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat and text messaging are useful for quick check-ins or brief support between meetings. These formats make it easier to keep therapy going around work, school, and family life.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Co-morbidity
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English