Dr. Debra Brown, LCSW, CSW
Experienced LCSW focused on life transitions
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- 27 years experience
- Works with adults
- Values practical skills
About Debra
Dr. Debra Brown is a licensed clinical social worker with 27 years of behavioral health experience. She supports people facing major life transitions, relationship struggles, addiction, mood concerns, and grief. She aims to create a welcoming space where clients can talk honestly about feelings and take small steps toward change.
She uses straightforward, practical methods. Sessions focus on coping skills, clearer communication, and setting achievable goals. She helps people notice unhelpful patterns and try new behaviors that fit their values and everyday life.
Her background includes long experience in a variety of settings. That work exposed her to trauma, addiction, chronic illness, and the stresses that come with caregiving and major life events. Those years shaped a flexible approach that draws on several well-known therapies to match each person’s needs.
In sessions she centers the client’s priorities and moves at a pace that feels manageable. She works with people on stress, anxiety, anger, relationship and intimacy issues, sleep and eating concerns, parenting challenges, career questions, and coping with medical or caregiving strains.
Dr. Brown uses methods that include cognitive and mindfulness-based tools, acceptance strategies, attachment-focused work, and skills from dialectical behavior approaches. She accepts international clients and conducts work in English. To begin, clients use the site’s Start Therapy button to complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule according to therapist availability.
She uses straightforward, practical methods. Sessions focus on coping skills, clearer communication, and setting achievable goals. She helps people notice unhelpful patterns and try new behaviors that fit their values and everyday life.
Her background includes long experience in a variety of settings. That work exposed her to trauma, addiction, chronic illness, and the stresses that come with caregiving and major life events. Those years shaped a flexible approach that draws on several well-known therapies to match each person’s needs.
In sessions she centers the client’s priorities and moves at a pace that feels manageable. She works with people on stress, anxiety, anger, relationship and intimacy issues, sleep and eating concerns, parenting challenges, career questions, and coping with medical or caregiving strains.
Dr. Brown uses methods that include cognitive and mindfulness-based tools, acceptance strategies, attachment-focused work, and skills from dialectical behavior approaches. She accepts international clients and conducts work in English. To begin, clients use the site’s Start Therapy button to complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule according to therapist availability.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Also works with
Stress, AnxietyLGBTTrauma and abuseGriefIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersSleeping disordersParenting issuesCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderDepressionCoping with life changesCoachingCompassion fatigueADHD
Additional focus areas
AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAging and geriatric issuesAttachment issuesAvoidant personalityBlended family issuesBody imageCancerCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDependent personalityDivorce and separationDomestic violenceDrug and alcohol addictionEating and food-related issuesEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesFertility issuesFirst responder issuesForgivenessGender dysphoriaGuilt and shameHIV / AIDSHoardingImmigration issuesImpulsivityInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMen's issuesMidlife crisisVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMoney and financial issuesMood disordersMulticultural concernsNarcissismObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksPhobiasPolyamory / non-monogamous relationshipsPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthPrejudice and discriminationProcess addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-loveSex addictionSexualitySmoking / vaping cessationSocial anxiety and phobiaTraumatic brain injuryVisually impairedWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Mindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems
Experience
27+ years
Credentials
Georgia
Languages
English
How her approaches shape online work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts and still move toward what matters to them. ACT uses short exercises and values-based goals to guide changes in everyday life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical skills to shift unhelpful patterns and reduce symptoms. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships affect current ways of connecting and helps people try new interaction patterns that feel safer and clearer.Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will listen to your concerns and goals, explain possible methods, and try different techniques to find what fits best. Clients and therapist set small, testable goals together and check progress along the way.
Session formats are not specified in the biography, so please confirm current online options before booking. In general, online work can make fitting therapy into a busy schedule easier. It can reduce travel time, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and let people use talk and written exercises between meetings. Licensed professionals adapt homework, skills practice, and conversation so sessions relate directly to everyday routines and stressors.
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She helps people facing addictions, relationship challenges, grief, anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes among other concerns listed in her profile.
What is her general therapy style?
Her style is collaborative and straightforward, focusing on practical skills, clearer communication, and steps that match a person’s values and goals.
How many years has she practiced?
She has 27 years of behavioral health experience working in diverse clinical settings.
Where is she located and what credential does she hold?
She practices in Georgia and holds the credentials LCSW and CSW as listed in her profile.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
Session formats are not specified in the biography; please confirm current session options before booking.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist arrangements; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started with therapy?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist’s availability.