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Mindfulness-informed
Practical coping skills
Respectful listening
About Deborah
Deborah DuPriest is a licensed professional clinical counselor with 18 years of experience based in New Mexico. She offers a calm, respectful presence and helps people handle stress, anxiety, addiction concerns, relationship tension, and family issues. Her style is direct and compassionate, focused on practical conversation and small steps forward.
Deborah adapts sessions to each person's needs rather than using a one-size-fits-all plan. She listens first, then works with the person to set clear goals and simple strategies. Mindfulness Therapy features in her work, helping people notice thoughts and feelings without getting overwhelmed.
She also draws on client-centered methods that prioritize the person’s perspective and pacing. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is used when helpful to challenge unhelpful thinking and build new coping skills. Deborah blends these tools to address trauma, addiction patterns, and long-standing family dynamics.
People often come for help with abandonment, attachment difficulties, codependency, communication problems, or feelings of isolation and shame. She also supports those dealing with substance use, impulsivity, and family-of-origin wounds. Sessions focus on concrete steps people can try between meetings.
Her approach is straightforward: listen, clarify what matters most, and practice manageable changes. She encourages honesty, steady progress, and realistic expectations. To start, a short matching process and scheduling step connects people to her work.
How different approaches can work online
Mindfulness Therapy helps people notice thoughts, feelings, and bodily sensations in the moment without getting swept away by them. It can be useful for managing anxiety, reducing reactivity, and building steady routines for coping.
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the person's experience and pace. The therapist listens closely, reflects what is heard, and helps the person find their own direction for change, which can ease relationship and family concerns.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at connections between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical skill-building. It is often used for stress, anxiety, and patterns that contribute to substance use or impulsive choices.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Deborah will partner with the person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and preferences. That collaboration can include trying an approach for a few sessions and adjusting based on what helps.
Confirm the exact online session formats before booking since they are not specified in the biography. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, reduce travel time, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and let people meet with a licensed professional from different locations within the same state. These practical benefits often make consistent attendance more manageable and support steady progress over time.
These summaries are based on the profile information listed on BetterHelp. Listing mindfulness as an approach does not mean a therapist holds a formal mindfulness training or certificate.
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Deborah commonly help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship and family problems, and trauma and abuse. Additional areas include abandonment, attachment issues, codependency, and isolation.
What is Deborah's therapeutic style like?
Her style is compassionate and practical, blending mindfulness, client-centered listening, and CBT and DBT techniques when useful. Sessions focus on clear goals and small, doable steps.
How much experience does she have?
She has 18 years of professional experience working with a range of concerns including addictions, trauma, and family conflicts.
What credential and location information is listed?
She holds the LPCC credential and practices in New Mexico.
Which languages are supported and can she work with international clients?
Sessions are offered in English. She is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not specify session formats; please confirm current session options when you book.
How does cost and billing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist scheduling; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with Deborah?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to the therapist's availability.
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