Deborah Thoennes is a licensed professional counselor who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and trauma.
01About Deborah
Deborah Thoennes is a licensed professional counselor who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and trauma. She speaks plainly and listens closely to understand what feels most urgent to each person. Deborah focuses on building confidence and motivation so clients can take practical steps forward.
With 15 years of experience, Deborah uses a mix of approaches tailored to each person's needs. She draws on client-centered methods to create a respectful, nonjudgmental space.
Background and approach
She also brings in cognitive behavioral tools to identify unhelpful thoughts and develop new coping strategies. Deborah works with people facing grief, parenting strain, career concerns, and relationship struggles. She also supports those dealing with chronic pain, medical issues, or caregiving burdens.
Additional areas she attends to include body image, attachment concerns, ADHD, and compassion fatigue. Sessions are collaborative and straightforward. Conversations focus on clear goals, small experiments, and skills people can use between meetings.
Deborah aims to help people notice what changes make daily life feel more manageable and meaningful. Her practice is located in Wisconsin and she communicates in English. Deborah encourages a steady, paced approach so people can try new ways of coping without feeling overwhelmed.
02Credentials
- LPC (Wisconsin)
- License 5260-125 · expires February 2027
- NPI
- 1124451174 · national provider identifier
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03Focus areas and approaches
Everything Deborah lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Methods Deborah names
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic Therapy
These are the methods Deborah names on their own professional profile. Naming an approach is not evidence of training or certification in it, and this directory checks no training records. Ask directly if it matters to you.
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04Online support
Approaches for online sessions and how they help
Client-centered therapy focuses on understanding a person's experience and responding with empathy. In online sessions this means the therapist listens closely, reflects what is said, and helps the client clarify goals and next steps.Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts influence feelings and behavior. In teletherapy CBT can include practical homework, thought records, and short experiments people try between sessions to notice change.
Emotionally-focused work pays attention to feelings in relationships and helps people name and respond to emotions more clearly. This approach can be helpful for managing attachment worries, grief, and strong emotional reactions.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. Deborah will collaborate with each person to pick methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences. That may mean combining elements of different approaches and adjusting as progress is made.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video works well for deeper conversations and visual cues, phone sessions can fit a lunch break or require less bandwidth, and chat or messaging is useful for brief check-ins or ongoing support. These options make it easier to fit counseling into a busy life and to try different formats until the best fit is found.
05Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns does Deborah address?
She helps with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, relationship and family issues, grief, parenting, eating concerns, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and related challenges.
What is her general approach to therapy?
Sessions are client-centered and collaborative, using practical tools from cognitive behavioral therapy, emotionally-focused work, and mindfulness to set goals and build coping skills.
How much experience does she have?
Deborah has 15 years of professional work experience supporting people with a wide range of emotional and life challenges.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Wisconsin and practices from that state.
Can I work with her if I live outside the United States?
Sessions are offered in English and she does not accept international clients at this time.
What formats are available for sessions?
Sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to match different needs and schedules.
How are sessions billed and what do they cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with Deborah?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling according to therapist availability.
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