Deborah Gaudet, LPCC
Practical, hopeful counseling with narrative perspective
Details
| Name | Deborah Gaudet |
|---|---|
| Credentials | LPCC |
| Based in | New Mexico |
| Licensed in | New Mexico |
| Session format | Online |
| Languages | English |
| Years in practice | 10 |
About Deborah
Deborah Gaudet is a licensed professional clinical counselor (LPCC) based in New Mexico with ten years of counseling experience. She blends hopeful, strengths-based care with clear, practical steps so people can move forward. Her style is warm, grounded, and focused on what matters to each person.
Deborah earned a Master of Science in Counseling Psychology from Colorado State University. She draws on ideas from Jungian thought while also using cognitive behavioral techniques to address upsetting thoughts and behaviors.
Background and approach
Narrative perspectives also shape how she helps people reframe difficult life stories. Sessions often begin with what feels most urgent - stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, addictions, relationship or intimacy concerns, or struggles with parenting and caregiving. Deborah pays attention to emotion and to how patterns repeat over time.
She helps people name those patterns and try different responses. Her work also includes issues like body image, eating and sleeping problems, bipolar mood concerns, chronic illness or pain, and work-related burnout or compassion fatigue. She recognizes social and systemic pressures such as income inequality and discrimination as part of clients' life contexts.
Deborah uses a collaborative approach that mixes client-centered listening with practical tools. She aims to make therapy feel hopeful and useful. People looking for steady, thoughtful support for life changes often find this a good fit.
What this therapist works with
Her listing names Stress, Anxiety, LGBT, Relationship issues among the things Deborah works with, alongside the areas below.
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches listed
- Narrative Therapy: Named in her listing among her approaches.
- Attachment-Based Therapy: Listed by Deborah among the ways she works.
- Client-Centered Therapy: Listed by Deborah among the ways she works.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Listed by Deborah among the ways she works.
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT): Listed by Deborah among the ways she works.
- Existential Therapy: Listed by Deborah among the ways she works.
- Jungian Therapy: Listed by Deborah among the ways she works.
- Motivational Interviewing: Listed by Deborah among the ways she works.
- Psychodynamic Therapy: Listed by Deborah among the ways she works.
- Solution-Focused Therapy: Listed by Deborah among the ways she works.
- Somatic Therapy: Listed by Deborah among the ways she works.
- Trauma-Focused Therapy: Listed by Deborah among the ways she works.
- Training stated: This directory copies the approaches a therapist names and does not check training records. Ask Deborah directly how much of the work is narrative and what a session usually looks like.
Narrative Therapy in this listing
Narrative Therapy appears in this therapist's own list of approaches. That tells you it is part of how she works. It does not tell you how much of a session it shapes, and this directory does not check or rate training.
If a narrative approach is what you are looking for, it is worth asking Deborah directly how she uses it and what a session usually looks like.
Online session options
How Deborah’s Approaches Work Online
Deborah integrates Narrative Therapy and Attachment-Based Therapy alongside client-centered listening. Narrative Therapy helps people reframe their life stories and separate problems from identity, which can be useful for dealing with shame, addiction, or long-standing patterns. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early and current relationship patterns affect feelings and behavior, which helps with intimacy issues, anxiety, and grief. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes honest listening and the client’s own goals, giving space for people to set the pace and direction of their work.Choosing an approach is part of the clinical process. Deborah collaborates with each person to see which combination fits best, based on the issues they bring, their goals, and their preferences. She may try a few ways of working and adjust as the process unfolds so the work feels relevant and useful.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is helpful for face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions are often easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Chat and text let people check in between longer sessions or fit brief check-ins into a busy day. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into everyday life.
Common questions about this listing
What concerns does Deborah commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting and caregiver stress, body image and eating or sleeping problems, bipolar concerns, and related life changes.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her approach is warm and client-centered, mixing listening with practical techniques. She favors hopeful, realistic work that names patterns and tests new responses.
What background informs her work?
She has ten years of clinical experience and a Master of Science in Counseling Psychology from Colorado State University, with influences from Jungian ideas and narrative perspectives.
Where is she licensed and where does she practice?
She holds the credential LPCC and is licensed as an NM LPCC in New Mexico.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Deborah accepts international clients.
What formats are available for sessions?
Sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What steps are needed to begin therapy?
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