Deborah Devlin, LPCC

Deborah Devlin is a licensed professional clinical counselor (LPCC) in Ohio with 25 years of experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, relationship concerns, and intimacy-related issues. She also supports people facing grief, parenting challenges, ADHD, and changes related to health or life transitions. Deborah aims to help people make practical forward progress and feels seeking help is a strong step.

She uses a client-centered approach that emphasizes listening first and tailoring tools to each person’s needs. Deborah draws on cognitive behavioral therapy to identify unhelpful thinking and build new habits. She integrates acceptance and commitment therapy ideas to help people clarify values and take action that fits those values. Dialectical behavior therapy skills are used when emotion regulation and distress tolerance are priorities.

Deborah’s background includes outpatient settings, hospitals, disaster response, home-based programs, and work overseas with military members and their families. She holds a bachelor’s degree in social work from the University of Akron and a master’s degree in community counseling from Malone University. She also earned a master’s degree in philosophy and is completing doctoral work at Walden University, with dissertation research on post-traumatic growth and military members.

Her clinical practice has included work with youth, individuals, groups, and people with addiction or mental health disorders. In sessions she combines practical strategies with attentive listening, helping people name their goals and try steps that fit their daily life. Deborah encourages people to start small and build changes that last.

If jealousy or related relationship concerns are part of what brings someone in, she addresses those alongside attachment, communication, and self-esteem issues.

How therapeutic approaches shape online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people notice painful thoughts and feelings without getting stuck, then choose actions that match their values. It is often used for anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors link together and teaches concrete strategies to change unhelpful patterns; it is commonly used for anxiety, mood issues, and managing symptoms.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Deborah will talk with each person about goals, past experiences, and daily routines, then suggest approaches that fit. That choice is collaborative and may combine skills from different therapies based on what helps most.

Practical benefits of online therapy often include easier scheduling and less travel, which can help fit sessions into a busy week. Online work can make it simpler to try short check-ins or to use exercises between meetings. The biography does not list specific session formats here, so confirm current options before booking to know what formats are available. Many people find that online conversations still allow teaching of skills, reviewing homework, and planning steps that can be practiced between sessions.