About Deborah
Deborah Steel is a counsellor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression and trauma. She uses straightforward listening and practical tools so clients feel understood and can try small changes. Deborah aims to make sessions calm and non-judgemental so people can talk about hard things and plan next steps.
She has a BA (Hons) in Counselling and has worked in the field for 12 years. She is a member of the British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy, which is listed as BACP.
Background and approach
Deborah draws on several approaches to fit each person's needs rather than using a single fixed method. Sessions often focus on breaking problems into manageable parts. Deborah uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy techniques to identify unhelpful thoughts and try new ways of thinking.
She also uses Client-Centred Therapy to follow the client’s pace and priorities, and Mindfulness practices to help with stress and sleep problems. Her experience includes supporting people through grief, relationship and intimacy-related concerns, parenting stress and workplace pressure. She also addresses long-term issues such as chronic illness, codependency and challenges linked to adoption or attachment.
Deborah works with people concerned about ADHD, compassion fatigue and career questions. Conversations are collaborative and practical. She encourages questions and helps clients set realistic goals.
People who want steady, down-to-earth support to manage fears, phobias and daily strains may find her approach helpful.
Approaches that fit online therapy
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and following the person's concerns. The counsellor offers empathy and reflection so someone feels heard and decides the agenda. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings and actions connect and teaches practical steps to test new behaviours and reduce anxiety or panic. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people name feelings and understand relationship patterns; it can be useful when intimacy or attachment worries are central.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Deborah will explore goals, preferences and what has helped or not helped before. Together they will try methods that suit the issue and adapt them as therapy progresses, keeping the client involved in decisions about pace and focus.
Online sessions can be flexible in format and timing. Video calls are good for face-to-face conversation, phone sessions use less bandwidth, live chat enables quick check-ins and text messaging can suit short reflections or ongoing support. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving or mobility limits and let people choose the way they feel most comfortable communicating.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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