Patricia DeBor , LPC

Patricia DeBor is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with more than 15 years of experience across private practice, military settings, and higher education. She has provided therapy to couples, families, and individuals facing stress and anxiety, depression, life transitions, career concerns, grief and loss, aging-related questions, trauma, and military-related issues.

Her clinical style is warm and genuine, grounded in evidence-based methods that emphasize practical change. She works collaboratively to identify the core concerns shaping a person's experience and to build individualized strategies and tools that help reduce feeling stuck and support movement toward meaningful goals.

Patricia focuses on developing realistic coping skills and step-by-step plans that align with each person’s values and circumstances. Her background across diverse settings informs a flexible approach that respects different life stages and the unique challenges of military-involved individuals and their families. She aims to create a supportive therapeutic environment where exploration and growth can unfold at a thoughtful pace.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Patricia DeBor draws on Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to guide her work. Attachment-Based Therapy explores how early relationships shape current patterns and helps people build more secure ways of relating, which can be especially useful for relationship distress and trauma-related difficulties.

Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes empathy, respect, and collaboration; it helps people find their own answers by offering a nonjudgmental space to explore feelings and values. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and replacing them with more effective skills - it is often used for anxiety, depression, and stress-related problems.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. As a licensed professional, she works collaboratively with clients to select and blend methods that best match their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting the plan as progress unfolds.

Online therapy options such as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging make it easier to fit care into busy schedules and varied lifestyles. These formats offer flexibility in timing and location, helping people access consistent support from licensed therapists when in-person visits are not practical.