Dr. Linda DeBiase, AZ Psychologist, CA Psychologist
Arizona · 20 years in practice
Dr. Linda DeBiase uses emotionally focused approaches to help people find more supported ways of relating and coping.
License and registration
- Psychologist, Arizona
- PSY-005209 · expires April 2027
- Psychologist, California
- 14727 · expires April 2026
- NPI
- 1043841307 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 20
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Linda
Dr. Linda DeBiase uses emotionally focused approaches to help people find more supported ways of relating and coping. She brings two decades of clinical experience as a licensed psychologist in Arizona and California.
Her style is direct and respectful, and she adapts sessions to fit each person's needs and goals. She often works with relationship challenges, intimacy concerns, trauma and abuse, and mood issues such as depression and bipolar concerns.
Background and approach
Addictions, ADHD, self-esteem struggles, and work-related stress are also common topics she addresses. Additional areas include attachment and abandonment issues, blended family stress, body image, codependency, and communication problems. Her practice draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy to look at how emotions shape relationships and internal reactions.
She also draws on cognitive behavioral and acceptance-based techniques to help people change unhelpful patterns and build values-driven actions. Client-centered principles guide how she listens and responds in sessions. Sessions may include practical skills, reflection about emotional patterns, and planning steps for change.
Dr. DeBiase aims to make each session focused and manageable. She recognizes that starting therapy feels hard and tries to make the first steps clear and achievable.
She practices in Arizona and holds licenses in both Arizona and California. Conversations are offered in English, and she has worked across a wide range of life and relationship challenges over her career.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Linda lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Approaches Linda names
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How emotion-focused approaches translate to online therapy
Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) looks at how emotions affect relationships and personal reactions, helping people name feelings and change patterns that keep them stuck. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on noticing thoughts and feelings, clarifying values, and taking committed action despite difficult emotions. Attachment-Based Therapy explores early relationship patterns and how they show up now, which can help with intimacy, trust, and communication concerns.Choosing the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what feels most useful, then adapt techniques as work proceeds. Clients and the therapist check in together about how strategies are working and adjust the plan as needed.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which let people fit therapy into work, home, and busy days. Video is useful for in-depth conversation and visual cues, phone calls can be a simpler option when bandwidth is limited, and messaging or live chat support shorter check-ins or ongoing reflection between sessions. These options increase flexibility and make it easier to maintain regular work toward goals.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Dr. DeBiase address?
She works with relationship and intimacy problems, trauma and abuse, mood disorders like depression and bipolar, addictions, ADHD, self-esteem, and related issues such as abandonment, attachment, and communication problems.
What is her therapeutic style like?
She combines Emotionally-Focused Therapy with cognitive behavioral and acceptance-based methods and a client-centered manner. Sessions aim to understand emotions while building practical skills for change.
How much experience does she have?
Dr. DeBiase has 20 years of professional experience as a practicing psychologist.
What are her credentials and where does she practice?
She is an Arizona Psychologist (AZ Psychologist PSY-005209) and a California Psychologist (CA Psychologist 14727) and practices in Arizona.
Are sessions available in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not accepting international clients.
Which session formats are offered?
Therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How much do sessions cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
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