Deborah Devlin, LPCC

Deborah Devlin is an Ohio LPCC with 25 years of experience. She works with adults who are managing stress, anxiety, anger, grief, addiction, and other life challenges. Deborah helps people who are facing career strain, relationship and family concerns, ADHD, mood issues, and sleep or eating problems.

She trained in social work at the University of Akron and earned a master’s degree in community counseling from Malone University. Deborah also holds a master’s degree in philosophy and is completing doctoral work at Walden University, with dissertation research on post-traumatic growth and military members.

Her background includes outpatient clinics, hospital settings, disaster response teams, home-based programs, and work overseas supporting military members and their families. That variety shaped a practical, problem-focused style that blends several approaches. Sessions typically use straightforward tools rather than jargon so people can try strategies between meetings.

Deborah’s clinical approach draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, cognitive behavioral techniques, dialectical behavior strategies, attachment-based ideas, and a client-centered outlook. She also uses motivational interviewing and systems thinking when it helps the situation. The work is focused on clear goals, skills practice, and managing strong emotions like anger and intense stress.

People come for help with concrete problems such as coping with loss, changing patterns that lead to conflict, managing addictive behaviors, or rebuilding after trauma. To start, she asks about immediate concerns and practical goals, then develops a shared plan for what to try next.

How Deborah uses therapy approaches online