Debra Arseneaux , LPC

Debra Arseneaux is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 21 years of clinical and coaching experience. As a former private practice owner and executive coach, she has worked with a broad range of individuals and groups, developing clinical skills across many specialty areas to ensure clients with diverse needs can be supported. She drew on that experience to train herself and her associates so the clinic could serve people presenting with complex concerns.

Her clinical focus includes trauma and abuse recovery such as PTSD and sexual abuse work, as well as depression, anxiety, relationship and couples issues, grief and loss, sexual concerns and dysfunction, and addiction. She also works with personality and mood disorders, self-harm and eating disorders, spiritual concerns, mediation, career counseling, and life coaching. In addition, her practice addresses a wide variety of life challenges including stress, parenting, caregiver stress, intimacy and communication problems, and coping with life changes.

Debra blends reactive therapy aimed at helping clients recover and regain stability with proactive coaching to support goal achievement. She typically uses a brief therapy model while remaining flexible to extend treatment plans when additional needs arise. She values walking alongside clients during difficult seasons and offering practical tools and encouragement to help them move forward toward greater well-being.

Combining therapeutic approaches for online care

Debra draws from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Attachment-Based Therapy, and Client-Centered Therapy to guide her online work. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps clients clarify personal values and build psychological flexibility by learning to notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them - it is often used for anxiety, stress, and life transitions. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on patterns formed in close relationships, exploring how early attachment experiences shape current relationship dynamics and emotional responses - it can be helpful for intimacy, abandonment, and relational struggles. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a compassionate, nonjudgmental therapeutic relationship in which the therapist listens deeply and supports the client in finding their own solutions - this approach is useful for a wide range of concerns including depression, grief, and self-esteem issues.

Finding the right combination of methods is part of the therapeutic process, and Debra works collaboratively with each person to identify which approach or mix of approaches best fits their needs, goals, and preferences. She adapts her work over time as goals evolve and new issues arise.

Online therapy with Debra is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, providing flexibility to fit sessions into busy schedules and different life situations. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care while accessing licensed professionals and therapists from the convenience of home, work, or while traveling.