Deborah Trent, LMHC

Deborah Trent is a Florida licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) with 20 years of experience. She works with adults who bring stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, trauma, anger, and related concerns. She has experience across community mental health, private practice, and residential substance abuse settings.

Deborah approaches counseling as a partnership. She helps people identify strengths they can build on, and then works with them to set practical goals. Sessions focus on clear steps people can use day to day to reduce reactivity, improve communication, and manage cravings or panic when they arise.

Her style blends cognitive methods, client-centered listening, mindfulness, and solution-focused techniques. That means she uses straightforward thinking-and-behavior tools, pays attention to what matters to each person, teaches present-moment awareness skills, and helps clients try small changes that make a difference quickly.

Deborah often draws on her experience with addiction and trauma to address anger, control issues, and dissociation. She also supports people coping with life transitions, grief, relationship stresses, career challenges, and women's issues. She aims to help clients reconnect with their calmer, more grounded responses.

In sessions she works to create clear plans that match each person's goals. That can mean practicing new ways to speak up, learning to spot triggers, building healthier routines, or using brief exercises to calm the body. She asks clients to set realistic steps and checks progress along the way.

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