About Debra
Debra "Debbie" Briggs helps people facing stress, anxiety, trauma, and the daily ups and downs of life. She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with 14 years of experience and works with concerns like self-esteem, ADHD, and coping with life changes. Debbie focuses on practical steps people can use right away.
She listens first and then helps clients set clear, manageable goals. Sessions often include learning new coping skills, practicing mindfulness, and trying strategies that change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.
Background and approach
She has also supported people dealing with abandonment, adoption and foster care issues, attachment concerns, caregiver stress, and codependency. Other areas she attends to include family of origin problems, communication difficulties, fertility-related stress, impulsivity, isolation, and questions about life purpose. Debbie uses a mix of approaches tailored to each person.
That can mean client-centered work to build trust, cognitive-behavioral tools to address thinking patterns, solution-focused steps to move forward, or trauma-focused methods when past experiences need attention. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) and mindfulness techniques are available when appropriate. Sessions are offered in English and Spanish and are provided from Washington.
Debbie aims to create a calm, straightforward space where people can talk about painful issues and try practical ways to feel better.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on creating a respectful space where the client guides the pace and topics. The therapist listens carefully and reflects what’s said to help clients feel understood and to build trust, which can make it easier to address stress, life changes, and self-esteem concerns.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a practical method that looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. Online sessions can include learning simple exercises to challenge unhelpful thoughts, trying homework between sessions, and tracking progress for anxiety, ADHD-related patterns, or low mood.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is offered as a trauma-focused option when past events are causing ongoing distress. In an online setting a therapist guides structured processing and uses tools suited to remote work to help reduce the intensity of traumatic memories.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful, then try approaches that fit. That collaborative process often includes checking in and adjusting methods over time.
Online therapy provides practical flexibility. Video calls let people use face-to-face interaction when possible. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier during a busy day. Live chat and text-based messaging allow for brief check-ins, written reflections, or support between longer sessions. These options make it simpler to keep therapy consistent around family and work obligations.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Post-traumatic stress
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- Washington
- Languages
- English, Spanish