Deborah Coppersmith, LPC

Deborah Coppersmith is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Texas with 16 years of experience helping people navigate difficult emotional terrain. She works with individuals facing depression, anxiety, mood disorders such as bipolar, and challenges with self-esteem, offering practical tools and compassionate support tailored to each person’s needs. Deborah also assists clients through major life changes, grief, trauma and abuse, relationship and family concerns, parenting struggles, and career-related stress.

Her practice includes care for LGBT clients, older adults, and those managing ADHD, compassion fatigue, or co-occurring conditions. She addresses attachment and abandonment concerns, communication and control issues, codependency, and difficulties with intimacy and impulsivity. Deborah’s approach emphasizes emotional healing, improved communication, and rebuilding resilience so clients can rediscover purpose and greater self-compassion.

As an LPC - Licensed Professional Counselor - who holds licenses in Arizona and Oregon (AZ LPC LPC-22913, OR LPC C8567), she combines Client-Centered principles with evidence-based methods like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy to create an individualized plan. Deborah aims to partner with clients to set realistic goals, build coping skills, and foster lasting change through a collaborative, respectful therapeutic relationship.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Deborah draws from Client-Centered Therapy, which focuses on listening with empathy and helping clients identify their own goals, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), which helps people spot unhelpful thinking patterns and learn practical skills to manage symptoms such as anxiety and depression. She also uses Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) techniques to teach emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and improved interpersonal effectiveness for people who struggle with intense emotions or impulsive behavior.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Deborah works with each person to tailor methods based on individual needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting strategies over time so therapy remains responsive and effective.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect - video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging - making it easier to fit care into busy schedules, manage ongoing symptoms between sessions, and maintain continuity of support regardless of location. Licensed professionals can adapt these formats to provide meaningful, goal-oriented work that meets clients where they are.