Deborah Devlin, LPCC

Ohio · 25 years in practice

Deborah Devlin is a licensed professional clinical counselor with 25 years of experience who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, addiction, and a wide range of life challenges.

License and registration

LPCC, Ohio: E.0004001-SUPV · expires July 2027
NPI: 1710069976 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 25
Languages: English

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About Deborah

Deborah Devlin is a licensed professional clinical counselor with 25 years of experience who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, addiction, and a wide range of life challenges. She works with individuals across the lifespan and supports people dealing with grief, parenting strain, career transitions, ADHD, and questions about intimacy and self-esteem.

Deborah writes plainly and focuses on practical steps to help people move forward in their lives. Her background includes work in outpatient clinics, hospitals, disaster response teams, and home-based programs.

Background and approach

She has provided services overseas for military members and their families and has experience with group work as well as individual therapy. Deborah holds a bachelor’s degree in social work from the University of Akron and a master’s degree in community counseling from Malone University.

She also earned a master’s degree in philosophy and is completing a doctorate at Walden University, with dissertation research on post-traumatic growth and military members. In sessions she uses a client-centered stance, listening first and then offering practical tools that fit each person’s situation.

Her methods draw on cognitive behavioral techniques, acceptance and commitment ideas, attachment-based thinking, and emotionally-focused therapy to address emotional patterns and improve daily coping. Motivational interviewing and systems concepts inform how she helps with change. Deborah aims for straightforward work that people can use between meetings.

She encourages people to take the first step when they feel ready. Sessions move at a pace set by the client and focus on measurable steps toward goals. The overall aim is to help people find healthier ways to handle emotions, relationships, and life transitions.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Deborah lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Stress, Anxiety
Relationship issues
Family conflicts
Trauma and abuse
Depression
Addictions
LGBT
Grief
Intimacy-related issues
Eating disorders
Sleeping disorders
Parenting issues
Anger management
Self esteem
Career difficulties
Bipolar disorder
Coping with life changes
Coaching
Compassion fatigue
ADHD
Abandonment
Adoption and foster care
Aging and geriatric issues
Attachment issues
Autism and Asperger Syndrome
Avoidant personality
Blended family issues
Body image
Cancer
Caregiver issues and stress
Chronic pain, illness, and disability
Co-morbidity
Codependency
Commitment issues
Communication problems
Control issues
Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
Dependent personality
Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
Dissociation
Divorce and separation
Domestic violence
Drug and alcohol addiction
Eating and food-related issues
Emptiness
Family of origin issues
Family problems
Fatherhood issues
Fertility issues
First responder issues
Forgiveness
Gender dysphoria
Guilt and shame
Hearing impaired
HIV / AIDS
Hoarding
Hospice and end-of-life counseling
Immigration issues
Impulsivity
Infidelity
Intellectual disability
Isolation / loneliness
Jealousy
Life purpose
Men's issues
Midlife crisis
Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Money and financial issues
Mood disorders
Multicultural concerns
Narcissism
Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
Panic disorder and panic attacks
Paranoia
Personality disorders
Phobias
Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
Postpartum depression
Post-traumatic stress
Pregnancy and childbirth
Prejudice and discrimination
Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Self-harm
Self-love
Sex addiction
Sexual assault and abuse
Sexual dysfunction
Sexuality
Smoking / vaping cessation
Social anxiety and phobia
Somatization
Traumatic brain injury
Trichotillomania
Visually impaired
Women's issues
Workplace issues
Young adult issues

Approaches Deborah names

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Online support

Approaches that guide online sessions

Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) focuses on the role of emotions in relationships and personal patterns. In brief online work, EFT ideas help people notice patterns of emotional reaction and practice new ways of responding that reduce distress.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify values and take small actions that matter to them. ACT techniques online often include simple exercises to notice thoughts, accept difficult feelings, and choose value-driven steps between sessions.

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early bonds shape current patterns. Online sessions use this perspective to identify recurring interaction styles and to try small changes in how a person relates to others and to themselves.

Finding the best approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before, then try methods that fit those needs. Adjustments are made over time based on what is working.

Online formats offer flexibility for different needs. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction and visual cues, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports shorter check-ins, and text messaging can keep progress moving between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep consistent momentum toward goals.

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Questions people ask

What concerns does Deborah commonly address?

She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, addictions, grief, eating and sleeping issues, parenting strain, anger, self-esteem, career concerns, bipolar disorder, and coping with life changes.

How would you describe her therapeutic style?

Her style is client-centered and practical, combining listening with tools from cognitive behavioral approaches, acceptance and commitment ideas, attachment-based thinking, and emotionally-focused therapy.

What is her professional background?

She has 25 years of experience working in outpatient settings, hospitals, disaster teams, home-based programs, and overseas with military members and their families.

What credentials and location information are on file?

She is listed as an LPCC and practices in Ohio.

In which languages are sessions offered?

Sessions are offered in English.

What session formats are available?

Sessions can be done by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.

How is cost handled for sessions?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

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