- Direct and warm
- Practical tools
- Humor and challenge
About Deborah
Deborah Maqueira is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) in Florida with 17 years of experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, addiction, and life changes. Her style is direct and warm, with a mix of challenge and humor to keep sessions real and productive.
Deborah leans on practical, evidence-based tools to change thoughts that hold people back. She often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and mindfulness ideas to help people notice unhelpful patterns and make different choices. Sessions are conversational and down-to-earth rather than clinical.
Her work includes helping people with relationship strain, intimacy concerns, parenting stress, career questions, and compassion fatigue. She also supports those coping with trauma, bipolar challenges, ADHD, eating concerns, and end-of-life or hospice related stress. Deborah pays attention to issues like abandonment, control struggles, dissociation, guilt, and loneliness when they come up.
Expect a collaborative approach that mixes practical exercises, new ways to view problems, and real-life planning. Deborah uses analogies and concrete examples to spark insights and help change long-standing habits. People can expect empathy and respect along with honest feedback and occasional gentle challenges.
To begin, select the site Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability. This helps match personal needs to the right next step.
How Deborah uses practical approaches in online care
Deborah commonly draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Motivational Interviewing in her work. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect and uses concrete exercises to shift unhelpful thinking. Motivational Interviewing focuses on helping people find their own reasons to change and build motivation in a nonjudgmental way.She also incorporates Acceptance and Commitment Therapy ideas and mindfulness tools to help people notice painful thoughts without getting stuck in them. These methods are useful for anxiety, depression, habit change, coping with grief, and decision-related stress. Deborah treats the choice of approach as a joint decision and will adapt methods based on a person’s goals and preferences.
If you are considering online sessions, confirm the exact session formats before booking since current options are not listed here. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, shorten travel time, and allow for check-ins that focus on practical problem solving. The therapist will collaborate with each person to find the rhythm and techniques that fit their life and goals.
Areas of focus
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Deborah help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, addictions, career strain, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting and many life changes including midlife concerns and end-of-life stress.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Sessions are down-to-earth and conversational. She mixes practical exercises, straightforward feedback, and occasional humor to encourage progress.
How much experience does she have?
Deborah brings 17 years of clinical experience as a licensed mental health counselor in Florida.
What credentials and location apply?
She is a Florida LMHC and practices from Florida.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are costs and billing handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working together?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and then schedule a session based on therapist availability.