Deborah Dhillon, LCSW

Deborah Dhillon is an LCSW - Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Oregon with three years of clinical experience. She works with adults managing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, mood concerns such as bipolar and depression, addictions, relationship struggles, eating issues, anger, low self-esteem, and coping with life changes. Codependency is listed among her focus areas alongside ADHD and compassion fatigue.

Her style is direct and straightforward. She encourages clients to name the problems they want to address and to take active steps in therapy. Conversations are aimed at identifying practical barriers and strategies that feel doable. She emphasizes respect and nonjudgment while keeping sessions focused on measurable change.

Deborah uses several well-known methods to guide sessions, including client-centered work, cognitive behavioral ideas, dialectical behavior techniques, EMDR, and mindfulness practices. She blends these approaches to suit what a person brings in each session rather than sticking to one fixed method. The emphasis is on skills that help with mood regulation, boundary setting, and reducing urges that cause harm.

Deborah also notes additional areas she often addresses, such as attachment and abandonment concerns, chronic pain and illness, communication problems, control issues, dependent personality traits, domestic violence, and guilt or shame. She works with these topics alongside the core concerns listed earlier.

Practical steps for starting include completing a brief matching questionnaire and scheduling a first session. Costs vary with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

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