Deborah Devlin, LPCC
Therapist in Ohio
Deborah Devlin is a licensed professional clinical counselor with 25 years of experience who helps people facing anxiety, depression, trauma, addiction, and parenting stress.
- License E.0004001-SUPV · Ohio Expires July 2027
- NPI 1710069976 · national registry
- Experience and languages 25+ years in practice English
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About Deborah
Deborah Devlin is a licensed professional clinical counselor with 25 years of experience who helps people facing anxiety, depression, trauma, addiction, and parenting stress. She writes and speaks plainly to make starting therapy less intimidating. Her focus includes relationship and intimacy concerns, grief, ADHD, self-esteem, and coping with big life changes.
Deborah trained in social work and community counseling and holds a master’s degree in community counseling from Malone University.
Background and approach
She also has a bachelor’s in social work from the University of Akron and a master’s degree in philosophy, and she completed dissertation research on post-traumatic growth among military members as part of doctoral work at Walden University. Her approach combines practical skills with a person-centered attitude.
Clients can expect conversational sessions that emphasize clear goals, behavior strategies, and ways to manage overwhelming feelings. Techniques come from cognitive behavioral therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, along with attachment-focused ideas. Deborah has worked in many settings over her career, including outpatient clinics, hospitals, disaster response teams, and home-based programs.
That variety informs how she adapts plans to each person’s life and daily routines. She uses a collaborative process to identify small, manageable steps. Sessions aim to reduce distress, strengthen coping, and build routines that fit each person’s needs.
Deborah’s goal is practical progress that improves day-to-day functioning and long-term growth.
Credentials
- LPCC (Ohio)
- License E.0004001-SUPV · expires July 2027
- NPI
- 1710069976 · national provider identifier
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Focus areas and approaches
Everything Deborah lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Deborah names
- Gottman Method
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
These are the approaches Deborah names on their own professional profile. Naming an approach is not evidence of training or certification in it, and this directory checks no training records. Ask directly if it matters to you.
Online support
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Deborah often draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Attachment-Based Therapy in her online work. ACT helps people notice unhelpful thoughts, choose meaningful values, and take small committed steps toward them, which can be useful for anxiety, depression, and life transitions. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape current patterns, helping people improve emotional connection, trust, and self-understanding.Finding the right approach is part of the process. Deborah works collaboratively to identify which methods make the most sense for a person’s goals and daily life. She will discuss options, try techniques in sessions, and adjust the plan based on what helps most.
Online formats give practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can fit a short break or require less bandwidth, live chat supports quicker check-ins, and text-based messaging can be useful for between-session reflections and brief coaching. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care while fitting therapy into a busy schedule.
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Frequently asked
What kinds of concerns can this therapist help with?
Deborah helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, addictions, grief, parenting and sleep issues, and many related concerns listed in her profile.
What is Deborah's general therapy style?
She uses a person-centered style that mixes practical techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy with attachment-informed work.
How much experience does Deborah have?
She has 25 years of clinical experience, including work in outpatient settings, hospitals, disaster response, and home-based programs.
What are Deborah's credentials and where is she based?
She holds the credential LPCC and practices from Ohio.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the U.S. work with Deborah?
International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats does Deborah use?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
How are fees and getting started handled?
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