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Deborah Denson

Deborah Denson, LCSW

Texas

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Licensed Clinical Social Worker - Anger and Trauma

  • Client-centered work
  • Trauma-focused care
  • Solution-focused steps

About Deborah

Deborah Denson is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in Texas with 28 years of experience. She focuses on helping adults manage stress, anxiety, depression, relationship problems, grief, trauma and anger. Deborah works with people who want clearer thinking, steadier moods, and better ways to handle intense feelings.

Her style is collaborative and straightforward. She listens for patterns that keep a person stuck and helps them try small, practical changes. Sessions often involve talking through recent moments of upset, noticing what led to them, and testing different ways to respond.

Deborah uses several clinical approaches depending on what a person needs. Client-Centered Therapy is part of her work, so she centers the client's goals and preferences. Psychodynamic ideas help uncover repeating patterns that come from earlier relationships. Solution-Focused Therapy supports setting clear short-term goals and trying concrete steps between sessions.

For people recovering from abuse or other big hurts, she uses Trauma-Focused methods to address how those experiences continue to affect feelings and behavior. Internal Family Systems is also part of her toolbox when someone wants to understand internal parts that argue or protect.

She helps with a broad set of concerns beyond anger, including addictions, intimacy-related issues, sleep and eating problems, parenting strain, compassion fatigue, ADHD, and career stress. Deborah works with adults in Texas and offers services in English.

How Deborah’s approaches work remotely

Deborah often draws on Client-Centered Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, and Solution-Focused Therapy in her work. Client-Centered Therapy centers the person's goals and preferences and helps build practical steps that feel doable. Psychodynamic Therapy looks for repeated patterns that started in earlier relationships and how they show up now. Solution-Focused Therapy narrows the focus to clear short-term goals and small experiments to change daily reactions. Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Deborah will talk with a person about their needs, goals, and what feels most helpful. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust them based on what actually works in real life. Session logistics should be confirmed before booking because the biography does not list specific online formats. Ask about the available session types when you schedule. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, allow shorter check-ins when time is tight, and reduce travel time so people can work on emotion regulation between activities. Licensed professionals can use these sessions to review recent incidents of anger, practice new responses, and set concrete steps to try between meetings.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Also works with

AddictionsIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersSleeping disordersParenting issuesAnger managementCareer difficultiesCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAging and geriatric issuesAntisocial personalityAttachment issuesAvoidant personalityBlended family issuesBody imageCancerCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesDependent personalityDisruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)Divorce and separationDomestic violenceDrug and alcohol addictionEating and food-related issuesEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsForgivenessGuilt and shameImpulsivityInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMidlife crisisMoney and financial issuesMood disordersNarcissismObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksParanoiaPersonality disordersPhobiasPost-traumatic stressSelf-loveSexual assault and abuseSocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesWorkplace issues

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems

Experience

28+ years

Listed in

Texas

Languages

English

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of anger issues does she address?

She supports adults dealing with losing temper, built-up resentment, frustration at work, and living with someone else's anger. Anger is listed among the many concerns she works with.

How would she approach my anger concerns?

Deborah uses collaborative, practical work. She looks at patterns, tries short-term solutions, and explores how past experiences shape current reactions.

How much clinical experience does she have?

She has 28 years of clinical experience as a therapist practicing in Texas.

What credential does she hold and where is she based?

She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in Texas and practices in that state.

Does she work in languages other than English?

Sessions are offered in English only.

Can people outside the United States work with her?

She does not accept international clients at this time.

How are sessions billed and what does it cost?

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

How do I begin working with her?

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