Debra Rice, LCSW

Debra Rice is a licensed clinical social worker who focuses on helping people facing stress, anxiety, depression, and major life changes. She uses practical talk and clear steps to help people feel less stuck and more able to move forward. Debra writes simply and listens closely to what matters most to each person.

She draws on 14 years of experience as a New York LCSW. That background informs how she notices patterns, points out unhelpful thoughts, and practices small changes that add up. Sessions aim to be straightforward and useful, not full of jargon.

Common concerns she helps with include relationships, parenting strain, grief, sleep problems, self-esteem, and coping with career shifts. She also supports people dealing with addictions, body image struggles, codependency, and issues that come with caregiving or aging.

Her approach blends methods such as acceptance and commitment ideas, attachment-based work, client-centered listening, cognitive behavior strategies, and skills from dialectical behavior therapy. Those tools are used to help people manage emotions, notice patterns, and try different ways of responding.

Debra wants sessions to feel collaborative. She helps people set realistic goals, practice new skills between meetings, and track what’s helping. If someone is unsure where to start, she helps them pick a first step and keeps the work practical and reachable.

How therapy approaches translate to online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, often called ACT, focuses on noticing difficult thoughts and feelings and choosing actions that match personal values. It can help with anxiety, depression, and feeling stuck. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at unhelpful thought patterns and teaches practical strategies to change thinking and behavior for problems like sleep issues, anxiety, and low mood. Attachment-Based Therapy examines how early connections shape current relationships and helps people build different ways of relating when old patterns cause distress.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and how they respond to different methods. That lets them shape a plan together rather than using a single fixed method.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life - for example, a shorter check-in during a lunch break or saving travel time so therapy fits alongside work and caregiving. It also allows using practical at-home exercises between meetings, and makes it straightforward to practice new skills in real situations. Licensed professionals often adapt materials and pace to suit how someone prefers to work when meeting remotely.