About Deborah
Deborah Maqueira welcomes people who feel stuck by anxiety, depression, grief, or big life changes. She writes in plain terms and helps clients notice thoughts that get in the way. Deborah is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, LMHC, with 17 years of experience and she meets people where they are without judgment.
She draws on straightforward methods like cognitive behavioral techniques and motivational interviewing. Sessions often focus on spotting unhelpful thought patterns and trying small, doable changes.
Background and approach
She uses clear analogies to make ideas easier to remember and to trigger new ways of seeing problems. Deborah adapts her approach to each person’s needs. That might mean practicing mindfulness skills, talking through values and goals with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy ideas, or working on concrete behavior changes.
She mixes warmth with direct feedback and sometimes gentle challenge. Her background includes many years helping people manage severe depression and intense anxiety. Deborah also works with a range of concerns such as stress, addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting strain, grief, career pressures, ADHD, and compassion fatigue.
She brings practical tools and a plainspoken style. Sessions are offered in English and she practices from Florida as an LMHC. People who want flexible contact options can meet by video call, phone, live chat, or text messaging.
To begin, a short matching questionnaire and scheduling step starts the process.
Therapeutic approaches applied to online care
Deborah commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and Client-Centered Therapy. CBT helps people identify and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors through practical exercises and experiments. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy focuses on clarifying values and taking meaningful action even when difficult feelings are present. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a supportive, nonjudgmental relationship where the therapist listens closely and follows the client’s lead.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Deborah will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals and preferences. That process may include trying techniques from different approaches and adjusting based on what helps most over time.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face interaction for skills practice and deeper conversation. Phone sessions can be helpful for people with lower bandwidth or who prefer not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging offer shorter check-ins, quick coping reminders, and flexible contact between scheduled sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to continue work even when in-person meetings are difficult.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 17 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English