About Linda
Dr. Linda DeBiase is a licensed psychologist in Arizona and California with more than 20 years of clinical experience. She focuses on common concerns like relationships, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related issues, self-esteem, mood struggles, and addictions.
She uses clear, practical conversations to help people move forward. Dr. DeBiase draws on several well-known approaches to shape care.
She uses cognitive behavioral ideas to identify unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. She uses acceptance and commitment methods to help people notice feelings without being controlled by them.
Background and approach
Attachment-based and emotionally focused work guide conversations about closeness and trust. She keeps treatment plans specific to each person. Sessions aim to clarify goals, build coping habits, and practice new ways of relating.
People can expect straightforward tools and chances to try different strategies between meetings. Her background includes two state licenses - Arizona Psychologist PSY-005209 and California Psychologist 14727 - and two decades working with diverse concerns such as ADHD, grief from separation, and codependency. She also helps with issues connected to adoption, blended family challenges, and substance use.
Sessions are offered in English and use a mix of discussion and skills practice. Dr. DeBiase encourages a collaborative relationship where the plan evolves as needs change.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them. It focuses on values and small actions that move a person toward what matters most, which can be useful for anxiety, avoidance, and mood concerns.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Sessions often include short exercises and practice tasks to change unhelpful patterns that feed depression or anxiety.
Attachment-Based Therapy addresses patterns of closeness and trust that affect relationships. Work in this area helps people name relationship patterns and try new ways of connecting with others.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, symptoms, and preferences and then recommend a mix of methods. That collaboration lets the plan change as needs evolve.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy flexible. Video is good for face-to-face conversation and exercises. Phone sessions can work when video is difficult or bandwidth is limited. Live chat and messaging are useful for brief check-ins, written reflection, or support between longer sessions. These options help people fit therapy into busy lives.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Arizona, California
- Languages
- English
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