Deborah Gaudet, LPCC

Deborah Gaudet is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) based in the mountains of northern New Mexico who blends hopefulness with practical, client-directed care. She holds a Master of Science in Counseling Psychology from Colorado State University and grounds her work in both Jungian perspectives and evidence-informed practices such as cognitive behavioral techniques. Her style is warm, thorough, and oriented toward helping people move through stuck patterns toward renewed functioning and meaning.

Drawing on a range of influences from Carl Rogers to Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Jacques Lacan, and Bracha Ettinger, Deborah attends closely to emotion, relationship dynamics, and the life-stage challenges that shape experience. She brings this lens to treatment areas including trauma and addiction recovery, grief and loss, anxiety and depression, parenting and caregiving stress, and difficulties with intimacy, attachment, and family systems. She also addresses concerns such as eating and sleeping problems, career and self-esteem struggles, and coping with major life changes.

Deborah emphasizes the possibility of growth across the lifespan and recognizes social and systemic forces - including income inequality and inequities based on sex and racialization - as factors that affect mental health and treatment choices. Her approach is collaborative and pragmatic, focused on practical steps and emotional work that can create shifts in situations that have felt stuck for years.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Deborah commonly draws on Attachment-Based Therapy to explore how early relationships influence current bonds and patterns; this approach can be helpful for people working through abandonment, attachment wounds, intimacy challenges, and relationship difficulties. She also uses Client-Centered Therapy, which emphasizes empathy, nonjudgmental listening, and supporting a person’s own capacity for growth - this can be especially useful for building self-esteem, navigating life transitions, and making values-based decisions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is another frequent tool in her work, offering practical strategies to identify and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns that contribute to anxiety, depression, and coping problems.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process; Deborah works collaboratively with each person to determine which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences, and she adjusts the plan as progress unfolds. The therapist-client relationship guides how techniques are applied rather than a one-size-fits-all prescription.

Online therapy offers flexible access to licensed professionals through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These options make it easier to schedule care around work, caregiving, or mobility limits, support continuity of treatment across locations, and allow people to engage in therapy in ways that suit their comfort and lifestyle.