Therapist profile
Deborah Schnitzer , LCSW
New York
Licensed Clinical Social Worker - Relationship and Codependency
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- Credentials
- LCSW
- License
- LCSW, New York / 083171
- NPI
- 1609838622
- Experience
- 21 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- New York
About
- Attachment concepts
- CBT tools
- Emotion-focused work
About Deborah
Deborah Schnitzer is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in New York with 21 years of experience. She works with people facing relationship strain, trauma and abuse, anxiety and depression, parenting stress, grief, codependency, and life changes. Deborah helps clients who struggle with people-pleasing, setting boundaries, and feeling lost in relationships.
She uses practical, skills-based approaches in sessions. Deborah teaches tools people can use between appointments. She emphasizes direct conversation, respect, and honest feedback rather than labels or quick fixes. Clients learn ways to manage strong emotions, improve communication, and handle stress in day-to-day life.
Deborah blends several clinical methods depending on what a person needs. She draws on attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships shape current patterns. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps identify and change unhelpful thinking. Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Emotionally-Focused Therapy offer ways to regulate intense feelings and improve closeness. Sessions can include structured skills practice alongside open talk.
Her background also includes teaching at graduate and undergraduate levels. That experience informs a clear, educational style in the room. She treats people with straightforward respect and without judgment, and she invites clients to be the experts on their lives.
People often begin by learning one or two specific strategies, then build on them. Deborah describes therapy as work and instruction as well as support. She helps people notice patterns such as avoidance, codependency, or trouble setting limits, and then practice different, more workable responses.
How sessions work
Approaches used in online sessions
Deborah often uses attachment-based ideas to notice how early relationships shape current patterns. This approach looks at how trust, closeness, and fear of abandonment affect how people act now and can help with relationship anxiety and patterns of clinging or withdrawal.She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. CBT offers concrete exercises and homework that help reduce anxiety, depression, and repetitive negative thinking. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) may be used to explore feelings and improve emotional connection; it focuses on naming emotions and changing interaction patterns that block closeness.
Finding the right fit is part of the work. Deborah will collaborate with each person to decide which approaches to try based on goals and what feels useful. That might mean starting with skill practice from CBT, then adding attachment or emotion-focused work when needed.
The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm available options before booking. Many people find online sessions help fit therapy into a busy life by reducing travel, allowing shorter check-ins, or making it easier to schedule around work or caregiving. Licensed professionals including Deborah can adapt exercises for a virtual meeting and suggest practical ways to practice skills between appointments.
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Experience
21+ years
Listed in
New York
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
Does she help with people-pleasing and boundary issues?
Yes. She works with people who struggle to say no, put others first, or lose themselves in relationships. Sessions focus on practical skills for setting limits and protecting personal time.
What is her therapeutic style like?
She combines skills training with open conversation and honest feedback. Expect direct guidance, teaching of tools, and chances to practice new behaviors between sessions.
How long has she been practicing?
She has 21 years of clinical experience and has also taught at undergraduate and graduate levels. That background influences a clear, instructional approach to therapy.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in New York. Her practice is listed as being located in New York.
Can I work with her if I live outside the United States?
Sessions accept international clients. Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats does she offer?
The original biography does not list specific session formats. Please confirm current session options before booking.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. Exact fees are provided during the sign-up process.
How do I begin working with her?
Choose the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session. That starts the intake and planning conversation.
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.