Deborah Gleason, LICSW, LCSW

Deborah Gleason is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) who helps people facing stress, anxiety, identity concerns, and midlife change. She keeps a gentle, down-to-earth style that aims to make conversations feel doable even on hard days. Sessions focus on what matters most to each person and on practical steps to feel steadier in daily life.

Deborah draws on nine years of experience supporting people through trauma, relationship challenges, grief, and shifts in identity. She pays attention to how emotions show up in the body and uses that information to guide the work. You might use talking, breath work, grounding, or simple movement to notice patterns and shift them.

Her way of working is collaborative and nonjudgmental. She helps people slow down, notice habits and beliefs, and try small experiments to see what helps. The process mixes emotional awareness with concrete skills for coping and decision making.

Deborah also values the spiritual side of healing when clients bring it up, and she supports reconnecting with inner strengths and wisdom. That might mean naming values, tending to grief, or tending to long-held fears about identity and belonging.

People come to her for help with addictions, sleep and eating issues, parenting stress, ADHD, and career transitions among other concerns. She works to create a steady, curious space where people can explore change and begin to move toward the life they want.

Approaches that guide online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people clarify what matters to them and take small steps toward those values despite difficult thoughts or feelings. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, and life transitions where direction and motivation feel unclear.

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening closely and reflecting what a person is experiencing. This approach helps people feel understood and supports self-directed growth, which can be especially helpful during identity or relationship shifts.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. Deborah collaborates with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and comfort level. Together they try techniques, notice what helps, and adjust the plan as needed.

Details about session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm available options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, shorten check-ins, avoid travel time, or reduce the need to be on camera. Licensed professionals can use these practical advantages to support steady progress while adapting methods like ACT and Client-Centered Therapy to remote conversation and somatic awareness work.