Deborah DuPriest, LPCC

Deborah DuPriest is a licensed professional clinical counselor practicing in New Mexico. She uses clear, practical methods to help people manage stress, anxiety, addiction struggles, and relationship or family tensions. Deborah works to create a respectful, caring space where people feel heard and understood.

With 18 years of experience she draws on several well-known approaches to shape therapy. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a common part of her work and helps people change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. She also uses client-centered techniques to follow each person's pace and priorities.

Deborah tailors conversations and plans to fit individual needs. That means sessions focus on real problems and practical steps rather than on jargon. She aims to help people reduce distress, improve communication, and regain a sense of control over difficult habits and emotions.

She also brings skills from dialectical behavior therapy and EMDR where appropriate, including strategies for emotion regulation and trauma processing. Those tools are offered as options to address persistent symptoms or past experiences that keep showing up in daily life.

People who come for help may work on issues such as abandonment concerns, attachment challenges, codependency, substance use, family of origin problems, guilt and shame, or isolation. Deborah supports each person in setting goals and trying manageable steps toward a steadier, more satisfying life.

How Deborah's Approaches Work Online

Deborah combines methods that focus on thought patterns, individual experience, and skills training to address common concerns. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people identify and change thought and behavior patterns that keep anxiety, stress, or addictive habits going, offering concrete exercises and homework to practice between sessions. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening and following each person's priorities, creating space to talk through what matters most and to shape goals at the person's pace. Dialectical Behavior Therapy adds practical skills for managing intense emotions and improving interpersonal effectiveness when emotions get in the way of daily life.

Finding the right mix of methods usually happens together. The therapist will talk with the person about their goals, try approaches that fit those goals, and adjust the plan based on what helps. This collaborative process is meant to match techniques to the person's needs and preferences rather than sticking to one fixed method.

Online therapy formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, and each format has practical benefits. Video calls let people use visual cues for a fuller conversation, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat can provide a quicker check-in, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection or brief coaching between visits. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, school, or caregiving schedules and to keep momentum between sessions.