Deborah Perez
Calming, practical therapy for life challenges
- Credentials
- LMFT
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed in
- California
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Deborah
Deborah Perez is a licensed marriage and family therapist in California with seven years of clinical experience. She focuses on practical help for stress, anxiety, depression, addiction concerns, low self-esteem, and attention difficulties. Deborah speaks English and centers sessions on the person's own goals and strengths.
She sees therapy as a collaborative effort and values each person's background and life story. In sessions she listens first and then helps people try different ways to handle stress and cravings.
Background and approach
Conversations typically focus on improving communication, building motivation, and strengthening self-worth. She uses Client-Centered Therapy to keep the work grounded in what matters most to the client. Deborah often helps people untangle patterns that come from their family of origin and address hurts from trauma and abuse.
She also supports people navigating LGBT concerns, women's issues, and young adult transitions. Practical topics like forgiveness, social anxiety, and post-traumatic stress are part of her caseload. For those dealing with substance concerns she addresses drug and alcohol addiction alongside coping skills for cravings and relapse prevention.
Sessions also target concentration and memory struggles linked to ADHD and stress. The goal is clearer thinking and better day-to-day functioning. Her approach is warm and nonjudgmental.
She helps people set achievable steps and checks progress together. Taking the first step is framed as an act of courage and a start toward a more fulfilling life.
Client-centered care online and how it helps
Client-Centered Therapy puts the person's experience at the center. The therapist listens without judging, reflects what is heard, and helps the person find their own answers. This approach is helpful for anxiety, low self-esteem, stress, and making decisions when someone feels stuck.In practice Deborah aims to be collaborative about the method used. She will talk with the client about goals and preferences and adapt techniques that fit those needs. Finding the right approach is a shared process and she checks in regularly to see what is working.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and keep progress moving between appointments. The variety of formats also lets people choose the way they feel most comfortable communicating, whether that is talking live or using messages to reflect and respond in writing.
Client-Centered Therapy
The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- ADHD
- Communication problems
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Forgiveness
- LGBT
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
Next step
Talk to Deborah
- Takes a few minutes
- Nothing to set up just to look
- Stop at any point