About Deborah
Deborah Kulp is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Pennsylvania with 20 years of experience. She uses a client-centered approach that focuses on what each person brings to the room. Her work is practical and down-to-earth, aimed at helping people manage stress, anxiety, addictions, depression, and phobias.
She combines talk therapy with skills work so clients leave sessions with tools they can use. That can mean learning new ways to handle strong emotions, changing unhelpful thinking patterns, or building routines that support mood and focus.
Background and approach
Sessions are paced to match each person's needs and readiness for change. Deborah draws from cognitive behavioral approaches to address thoughts and behaviors. She also uses dialectical behavior strategies to teach emotion-regulation and interpersonal effectiveness.
Mindfulness practices are woven in to help reduce reactivity and increase present-moment awareness. Her background includes many counseling settings over two decades, which informs a flexible, practical style. She emphasizes clear goals and step-by-step plans so progress can be tracked.
Many people come for help with relationships, parenting stress, grief, or major life transitions. In sessions she prioritizes listening and validation while offering direction when needed. The goal is to make therapy relevant to everyday life and to leave people better equipped to handle their concerns.
Deborah works in English and sees clients from Pennsylvania.
Therapeutic approaches adapted for online care
Deborah often draws on cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy in online sessions. CBT focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors, which can help with anxiety, depression, phobias, and problematic habits. DBT teaches practical emotion-regulation skills, distress tolerance, and ways to improve communication with others, useful for intense feelings and relationship strain.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Deborah collaborates with each person to pick techniques that match their goals, needs, and comfort with different tools. She adjusts methods over time so sessions fit how someone prefers to learn and practice skills.
Online therapy here is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to give flexibility. Video allows face-to-face conversation and skill demonstrations. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a session is shorter. Live chat and messaging support quick check-ins, journaling between sessions, or ongoing coaching-style support. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy days and to keep progress moving forward when schedules or travel make in-person visits difficult.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English
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