Therapist profile
Debi Davis, LPC
Pennsylvania
Licensed Professional Counselor - Anxiety and Addictions
Continue with DebiWhere Debi stands
- Credentials
- LPC
- License
- LPC, Pennsylvania / PC008685
- NPI
- 1689297517
- Experience
- 30 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- Pennsylvania
About
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Emotionally-Focused work
About Debi
Debi Davis is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Pennsylvania with 30 years of clinical experience. She has a long background in correctional counseling and vocational rehabilitation counseling. Debi commonly works with people facing depression, anxiety, addiction concerns, ADHD or career-related stress.
Her approach in sessions is interactive and engaging. She uses Client-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in practical ways. Sessions focus on clear steps people can try between visits and on talking through patterns that keep problems repeating.
Debi often helps people who are coping with life changes, grief, relationship strain, intimacy-related issues, or the effects of trauma and abuse. She also supports people dealing with codependency, caregiver stress, and challenges tied to substance use. The work tends to include skills practice, examining unhelpful thinking, and strengthening personal boundaries.
Clients can expect a straightforward style aimed at identifying what is getting in the way and what can change. Conversations look at concrete choices, coping tools, and small experiments to test new behaviors. Debi also draws on elements of Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Emotionally-Focused Therapy when emotion regulation or attachment patterns are central to the problem.
Her years in correctional and vocational settings shape a practical, problem-solving focus. That background informs how she helps people move from feeling stuck to taking next steps, whether those steps are about work, relationships, or managing symptoms.
How sessions work
How Debi’s approaches translate to online work
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the person’s perspective and on building a respectful working relationship. In practice this means the therapist listens closely, reflects what she hears, and helps the person identify their own next steps. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions interact; it uses practical exercises and short experiments to change unhelpful patterns. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) adds concrete skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and clearer communication.Finding the right combination of these approaches is usually part of the early work. Debi will discuss goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked in the past, and then suggest approaches to try. That collaborative decision helps tailor sessions to whether someone needs skills practice, change-oriented tasks, or deeper work on attachment and emotion.
Confirm the specific online session options before booking, since the biography does not list formats. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight, and reduce travel time. It can also let people try therapy without rearranging a whole day, and allows practical skills to be practiced in real-life settings between meetings.
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Experience
30+ years
Listed in
Pennsylvania
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, addictions, depression, ADHD, trauma, relationship and intimacy-related issues, and related concerns like codependency and caregiver stress.
What is her therapy style like?
Her style is interactive and engaging, with a focus on practical steps and skills to try between sessions.
How much experience does she have?
She has 30 years of experience, including work in correctional counseling and vocational rehabilitation counseling.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Pennsylvania.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Does she work with international clients?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are sessions scheduled and what formats are used?
Please confirm current session options before booking by checking the online therapy options, as the biography does not list specific session formats.
How does pricing work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe at home, use the crisis and helpline numbers.