- Years in practice
- 20
- Credentials
- LCMHC
- Licensed in
- North Carolina, New Jersey, New Hampshire
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Bipolar disorder
- Focus
- Depression
About Debbie
Debbie Esque is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor who aims to support people facing parenting stresses and everyday challenges. She brings 20 years of experience and a direct but kind manner to sessions. Her style is practical and focused on clear goals the client sets together with her.
Debbie begins by listening closely to understand what each person needs. She talks through specific concerns and helps clients notice patterns in thoughts and behavior.
Background and approach
Sessions include straightforward feedback and steps clients can try between meetings. Her main therapeutic tool is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, used to address anxiety, depression, mood shifts, and stress. She also draws on rational-emotive ideas and an integrative stance when those fit a person’s goals.
That combination is aimed at changing unhelpful thinking and building new habits. Debbie has worked with a wide range of people over two decades and uses that experience to guide practical problem solving. She often helps people who are coping with life changes, grief, trauma, anger, relationship and communication problems, and questions around self esteem and life purpose.
Parents who feel overwhelmed by behavior challenges, blended family issues, adoption or foster care concerns, or the demands of daily life may find her approach useful. She explains options clearly and helps people try concrete strategies to reduce stress and improve routines.
What Debbie works with
Everything Debbie lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Debbie helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- ADHD
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Adoption and foster care
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Paranoia
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Approaches Debbie lists
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How CBT and practical online sessions can help parents
CBT, or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, helps people notice and change unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors. It is often used for anxiety, depression, mood problems, obsessions and compulsions, and stress related to parenting or life changes. Sessions focus on small experiments and concrete skills to try between meetings.Debbie also uses rational-emotive ideas and integrates techniques from other approaches when helpful. Rational-emotive strategies challenge extreme or unhelpful beliefs and replace them with more balanced thinking. Using an integrative stance means the therapist chooses techniques that match a client’s goals and situation rather than sticking to one method.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to identify goals, explain options, and adjust methods as needs change. This helps ensure the plan fits the client’s preferences and daily life.
Online formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat can be useful for quick check-ins, and text-based messaging supports short updates or ongoing coaching. These options offer flexibility for parents juggling work, childcare, and appointments.
Questions people ask about Debbie
What kinds of concerns does Debbie focus on?
She works with a broad range of issues including stress, anxiety, bipolar and depression, parenting challenges, grief, trauma and abuse, relationship and communication problems, anger, self esteem, and career questions.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Debbie uses a practical, direct approach while remaining kind and sensitive. She listens closely, gives clear feedback, and helps clients try concrete steps between sessions.
What is her professional background?
She has practiced for 20 years and has worked with many different people over that time, drawing on training and life experience to guide her work.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) with licensure in New Hampshire and North Carolina and practices from North Carolina.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available online?
She meets by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging depending on the client’s needs.
How does payment and cost work?
Costs vary with location and therapist arrangements; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist’s availability.
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