Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Eating disorders
- Self esteem
- Depression
How Debra works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LMSW
- Licensed in
- Michigan
- Years in practice
- 40
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Debra
Debra Chandler is a Licensed Master Social Worker with 40 years of experience. She uses a client-centered style that aims to help people sort through feelings and behaviors in a practical, down-to-earth way. Debra brings warmth, a gentle curiosity, and a sense of humor to sessions so people feel heard and understood.
She focuses on stress, anxiety, depression, relationship concerns, and anger, among many other issues. People also turn to her for help with eating and body image concerns, addictions, grief, and coping with big life changes.
Background and approach
Her long career includes work with mood disorders and panic, and she often addresses attachment and family of origin issues. Debra blends cognitive behavioral ideas with mindfulness and motivational interviewing to help clients notice patterns and try new responses. Sessions involve talking through thoughts and behaviors, practicing small changes, and using mindful awareness to reduce reactivity.
She frames work as a collaborative process rather than giving directives. Clients can expect straightforward language and practical tools they can try between sessions. Debra emphasizes real-life steps - such as breathing practices, thought-challenging, and pacing around challenging situations - that build over time.
Her style is calm and accepting while staying focused on progress. She provides services from Michigan and works in English. Debra supports people coping with parenting stress, caregiver strain, career shifts, and compassion fatigue, and she helps those wrestling with guilt, shame, or isolation.
What Debra works with
Everything Debra lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Debra's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Eating disorders
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
Approaches Debra lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How Debra’s Approaches Work Online
Debra often uses Client-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in her online practice. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening closely, reflecting back what someone says, and helping them feel understood so they can find their own answers. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect, and it teaches practical exercises to test and change unhelpful patterns.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Debra treats the choice of methods as a collaborative decision based on the person’s needs, goals, and comfort. She checks in regularly to see what is helping and adjusts the plan as clients learn and grow.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, offering flexibility for different days and rhythms. Video is useful for a full conversation and visual cues, phone sessions work well if bandwidth is limited, and text or chat can be helpful for brief check-ins or when a written reflection feels easier. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep momentum between appointments.
Questions people ask about Debra
What concerns does Debra address?
She works with a wide range of issues including stress, anxiety, depression, anger, relationship concerns, eating and body image issues, addictions, grief, and coping with life changes.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her approach is client-centered and practical. She uses plain language, a calm attitude, and actionable strategies people can try between sessions.
How long has she practiced?
Debra has four decades of experience in mental health, having worked in the field since 1979.
Where is she based and what credential does she hold?
She practices from Michigan and holds the credential LMSW, which stands for Licensed Master Social Worker.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.