Meet Deb
Compassionate and dedicated to helping all ages live a meaningful, fulfilling life.
Deb is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and a Registered Play Therapist with almost 10 years of experience helping children, teens, and adults build resilience and navigate life’s challenges. She’s supported clients with a range of needs, including depression, anxiety, anger, impulsivity, and trauma, special needs, autism, and/or ADHD. She’s worked in schools and private settings, using a strength-based, trauma-informed approach grounded in Solution Focused, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy.
Deb creates a safe, supportive space where clients of all ages feel seen and heard. Outside of work she enjoys hiking, biking, baking, drawing/painting, piano, puzzles, and spending time with her kids.
Support Tailored for You
INDIVIDUAL THERAPY
Identify and work towards improving your life in the areas that you value. Use a combination of evidence-based and trauma-informed practices, including CBT, DBT, mindfulness and motivational interviewing.
PLAY THERAPY
For all ages 3+. Help your child who doesn’t speak much, your teen who is easily bored, or try a new approach yourself using play. Includes Sandtray, Child Centered, Autplay, and Cognitive Behavioral approaches.
GROUP & FAMILY THERAPY
Receive peer support, strengthen relationships, and/or help your family work through conflict or a difficult transition. Can be experiential or skill-building, focusing on social skills, parenting, or education.
What are your fees?
The initial call to discuss the possibility of working together is free. The first session is typically 60 minutes in length and is $175. Succeeding sessions for individuals cost $150 per 45-50 minutes (most common), or $165 per 55-60 minute session (second most common). Family Therapy sessions cost $180 per session.
Do you take insurance?
Some insurance providers will cover Strength Forward as an out-of-network provider. Each week clients will pay for the session. At the end of the month, Strength Forward can provide a Superbill for all of the sessions attended that month, and the client can submit that to their insurance to see if they can get reimbursed. To find out if your insurance will reimburse you for some portion of the sessions, call your insurance provider.
What ages do you work with?
I work with all ages, children (3 years and older), youth, and adults.
Do you offer online therapy?
Yes. I would be happy to provide online therapy as long as the client is located in Missouri.
I noticed you work in Clayton. Is parking available at your office?
Yes, you can park for free in the parking lot right below the building. If the parking lot is full, you will have to park on the street, but I have never seen or heard of the parking lot being full.
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