Deborah Margerum
Experienced counselor for addiction and family concerns
- Credentials
- LPC
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed in
- Oklahoma
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Deborah
Deborah Margerum is a Licensed Professional Counselor with more than 25 years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people facing addictions, relationship struggles, family conflict, and intimacy issues. Her work also addresses coping with life changes, control issues, and concerns common to women.
Deborah draws on long personal and professional experience with addiction recovery to inform her approach. She uses straightforward conversation to identify patterns that get in the way.
Background and approach
Sessions emphasize practical steps people can try between meetings. The tone is steady and nonjudgmental, aimed at building small, sustainable changes. In the therapy room she concentrates on listening first, then on collaborative problem solving.
She helps clients name what they want to change and create realistic next steps. Strategies often include setting boundaries, improving communication, and building healthier routines. Deborah works to make therapy fit each person rather than the other way around.
She respects each individual's pace and priorities while offering direct input when needed. Many people come for help during major life shifts or when habits have become harmful. Her Oklahoma practice centers on clear, practical work that parents and caregivers can apply in daily life.
She aims to leave clients with usable strategies for family interactions, relationships, and managing stress during transitions.
Therapeutic techniques and how they work online
Deborah uses evidence-based techniques focused on real-life change. One approach emphasizes identifying unhelpful patterns and replacing them with concrete habits and routines that reduce stress and risky behavior. This helps when addiction, control issues, or daily chaos make it hard to function. Another common technique focuses on improving communication skills and setting boundaries. These steps help people manage relationship and family tensions and make intimacy less fraught.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Deborah collaborates with each person to decide which techniques fit their goals and preferences. She listens to what matters most, tries a method, and adjusts it if needed until a better fit emerges.
Online sessions are offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make participation easier during busy family schedules. These options allow clients to connect from home, keep regular contact between visits, and choose the format that best fits their day. The practical benefit is more flexibility to work on change without major disruptions to family life.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- Oklahoma
- Languages
- English
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