- Mindfulness therapy
- Clinical teaching
- Young adult focus
About Deborah
Dr. Deborah Gioia-Hasick brings a mindfulness-centered style to therapy. She uses attention to the present moment to help people manage stress, anxiety, mood shifts, and relationship strain. Her approach is calm and practical, focused on small steps that fit into everyday life.
She began clinical practice after earning a Master of Social Work in 1981 and completed doctoral work in 2000. Much of her early work focused on teens and young adults, including long-term work with young adults living with schizophrenia and their family supports. That experience shaped her interest in symptom management, communication rebuilding, and vocational identity for young adults.
Dr. Gioia-Hasick has led groups and multi-family meetings, and she has taught mindfulness-based stress reduction to students and groups. She also pursued a year of additional training in sexual health and sex therapy interventions at UCLA and used couples counseling through that program.
In academic roles since 2001 she has taught graduate and doctoral students clinical and research methods. Her teaching emphasized hands-on practice with cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, and mindfulness approaches. She favors motivational interviewing as a first step to build readiness before beginning targeted work.
More recently she has trained on climate-focused trauma and resilience and is interested in supporting people who face climate-related distress. She practices in California and provides therapy in English.
She began clinical practice after earning a Master of Social Work in 1981 and completed doctoral work in 2000. Much of her early work focused on teens and young adults, including long-term work with young adults living with schizophrenia and their family supports. That experience shaped her interest in symptom management, communication rebuilding, and vocational identity for young adults.
Dr. Gioia-Hasick has led groups and multi-family meetings, and she has taught mindfulness-based stress reduction to students and groups. She also pursued a year of additional training in sexual health and sex therapy interventions at UCLA and used couples counseling through that program.
In academic roles since 2001 she has taught graduate and doctoral students clinical and research methods. Her teaching emphasized hands-on practice with cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, and mindfulness approaches. She favors motivational interviewing as a first step to build readiness before beginning targeted work.
More recently she has trained on climate-focused trauma and resilience and is interested in supporting people who face climate-related distress. She practices in California and provides therapy in English.