Deborah Brehm , LPC

Deborah Brehm is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Georgia with 21 years of clinical experience. She emphasizes a person-first approach and centers sessions on each client's needs. Her work often focuses on stress, anxiety, trauma, relationships, and life transitions.

Deborah draws on several therapy traditions to tailor care. She uses attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships shape current patterns. Emotionally-focused methods guide conversations about feelings and connection. Client-centered principles keep the client’s experience and goals at the center of the work.

Her practice addresses a wide range of concerns including depression, bipolar disorder, parenting strains, caregiver stress, and intimacy-related issues. She also offers support around adoption and foster care questions, blended family challenges, and coping after disaster or loss. Practical problems like career stress, anger, and low self-esteem are part of her clinical focus too.

Deborah approaches sessions as collaborative conversations. She helps people identify goals, try new ways of relating, and practice different responses between sessions. Therapy is paced to what each individual needs, with adjustments over time.

She provides services to English-speaking clients and accepts international clients. Sessions are offered through multiple remote formats to fit different schedules and needs.

How Deborah's Approaches Translate to Online Care

Attachment-based work looks at patterns of closeness and distance in relationships. Online sessions can help people notice those patterns, practice new ways of connecting, and reflect on how earlier relationships influence today.

Emotionally-focused therapy (EFT) helps people tune into and name their feelings so they can respond differently in relationships. In remote sessions, that often means guided conversations and exercises that strengthen emotional awareness and repair communication.

Client-centered therapy keeps the client's experience at the center. The therapist listens, reflects, and follows the client's lead while offering support and gentle structure to reach agreed goals.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Deborah will discuss what fits best for a person's goals and preferences and adjust methods as progress is made. This is a collaborative process where the therapist and client decide together on priorities and steps.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction and visual cues. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging let clients send thoughts between sessions and use brief, written check-ins during busy days. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or travel schedules.