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Deborah Fitzpatrick

Collaborative, strengths-focused therapy

LISW Ohio

Experience
3 years in practice
Focus areas
Relationship, Self esteem, Career
Approaches
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
Languages
English
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About Deborah

Deborah Fitzpatrick is a Licensed Independent Social Worker (LISW) based in Ohio who focuses on helping people navigate relationship strains, career transitions, anxiety, depression, trauma, and other life challenges.

Background and approach

She draws on clinical training and practical experience since completing her Master of Social Work at Cleveland State University in 2018 to offer goal-focused support tailored to each person's situation. Deborah emphasizes a strengths-based, empowerment orientation to help clients build skills, increase resilience, and pursue a more satisfying quality of life.

Her work routinely incorporates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) alongside client-centered and trauma-informed methods, and she blends mindfulness and motivational interview techniques as they fit an individual's goals. With three years of professional experience, Deborah collaborates with clients to develop personalized treatment plans that reflect values, preferences, and priorities.

She welcomes adults seeking help with concerns such as self-esteem, coping with change, grief, addictions, sexual and intimacy issues, workplace stress, and multicultural or identity-related matters, and she frames therapy as a cooperative process toward meaningful change.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Deborah commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help clients identify unhelpful thinking patterns and practice concrete skills for managing anxiety, depression, stress, and situational problems. She also incorporates client-centered techniques that prioritize the person’s own goals and perspectives, creating space for empathy, validation, and collaborative problem solving. When trauma is present she blends emotionally focused and trauma-informed methods to address relational patterns and emotional processing while supporting safety and pacing.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic work, and Deborah treats that as a collaborative process. She will partner with each client to explore which combination of CBT, client-centered strategies, mindfulness, or motivational interviewing best aligns with the client’s needs, values, and goals, adjusting the plan as progress and preferences become clearer.

Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which can make it easier to fit support into a busy life or when in-person sessions are impractical. These formats offer flexibility in scheduling and allow clients to maintain continuity of care from their own location while working with licensed professionals to address relationship, mood, trauma-related, and life-change concerns.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does Deborah address?
She works with a wide range of issues including relationship and intimacy problems, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, stress, addiction concerns, LGBT issues, and workplace or career challenges.
What is her therapeutic style and approach?
Her approach is strengths-based and collaborative, using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy along with client-centered, emotionally focused, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing techniques to help clients set and reach practical goals.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has three years of professional experience since earning her Master of Social Work and working with diverse client concerns and settings.
What are her credentials and where is she located?
She holds the LISW credential with license number OH LISW I.2002487 and practices in the state of Ohio.
In what languages can sessions be conducted?
Sessions are offered in English only and she is not accepting international clients at this time.
Which session formats are available for online work?
Clients can choose video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on what fits their needs and schedule.
How are sessions paid for and what does it cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What steps are involved in getting started?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Relationship issuesSelf esteemCareer difficultiesCoping with life changesCompassion fatigue

Also works with

Stress, AnxietyAddictionsLGBTFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseGriefIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersDepressionCoaching

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentBlended family issuesCodependencyCommunication problemsDomestic violenceFamily problemsImpulsivityIsolation / lonelinessLife purposeMulticultural concernsSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-loveSexualityWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Mindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingSolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

3+ years

Licensed

Ohio

Languages

English