About Debra
Debra Martin is a Licensed Independent Social Worker (LISW) who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, ADHD challenges, and everyday relationship and parenting strains. She uses straightforward, practical conversation to help people set goals and try small, doable steps toward change.
Her manner is collaborative and respectful, and she aims to make the first appointments feel manageable for a worried parent or busy adult. With nine years of experience practicing in Ohio, she draws on client-centered methods and solution-focused strategies to keep sessions goal-directed.
Background and approach
She also uses mindfulness techniques and motivational interviewing to help people notice patterns and build lasting habits. Sessions typically look like a mix of problem-solving, skills practice, and guided self-reflection. Debra emphasizes teamwork in therapy.
She helps people clarify what they want to change, breaks goals into small steps, and checks progress together. When someone is feeling overwhelmed by life transitions, sleep problems, or low mood, she shares concrete coping techniques and practical adjustments to daily routines. She also addresses caregiver stress, family-of-origin questions, communication and commitment issues, and concerns tied to money or life purpose.
For people who are hearing impaired, she is mindful of communication needs and works to adapt her style accordingly. Her approach is flexible and tailored to each person’s needs. If someone wants a focused plan for a short problem, she leans on solution-focused work.
For longer patterns, she combines approaches to support steady change.
Approach-focused care through online sessions
Client-centered therapy puts the person’s needs and goals at the center of the work. The therapist listens without judgment, reflects what she hears, and helps people identify their own solutions. This approach is useful when someone needs a safe space to sort through feelings and make a plan.Mindfulness therapy helps people notice thoughts, emotions, and body sensations without getting swept up by them. Short mindfulness practices can support sleep, reduce anxiety, and make daily routines feel more manageable. Motivational interviewing helps when change feels stalled by ambivalence; it focuses on clarifying a person's own reasons for change and building small, achievable steps.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss options and collaborate with each person to pick methods that match their goals, preferences, and daily life. This process is flexible and may shift as progress is made.
Online sessions offer practical benefits like scheduling flexibility and easier access from different locations. Video calls let people use face-to-face interaction for skill practice, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, and messaging or live chat can suit quick check-ins or brief supports between sessions. These formats make it easier to fit focused therapy into a busy schedule.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
Also listed
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Hearing impaired
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- Ohio
- Languages
- English
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