Debora Van Romer, LPCC

Debora Van Romer is an Ohio licensed professional counselor with 16 years of experience helping people cope with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and relationship concerns. She welcomes conversations about intimacy-related issues, parenting strain, and challenges related to trauma and abuse, including effects that touch trust and jealousy. Her tone is encouraging and direct for someone taking a first step toward change.

She focuses on building an open, nonjudgmental space where people can name what feels hard. Sessions are collaborative and paced to each person’s comfort. She listens for patterns that cause pain and helps people try practical steps to feel steadier day to day.

Debora draws from approaches such as attachment-based work to understand relationship patterns and cognitive behavioral tools to shift unhelpful thinking. She also uses client-centered methods to keep the person’s priorities central and emotionally focused ideas when relationship bonds are involved. These methods are described simply in session and adapted to what the person needs.

Her practice includes support around family of origin issues, codependency, abandonment, communication problems, and caregiver stress. She also addresses compassion fatigue and aging or geriatric concerns when those themes come up in life transitions.

Debora offers guidance in English and practices in Ohio. She encourages people to take the next step when they are ready and helps them set realistic goals over time.

How her approaches guide online work

Attachment-based work looks at recurring patterns in relationships and helps people understand how early bonds shape current trust and closeness. This approach can be useful for intimacy concerns, commitment worries, and feelings like jealousy that come up in relationships.

Client-centered therapy puts the person’s experience first by listening closely and following what matters most to them. It helps people feel heard and supported while they decide on next steps.

Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It offers concrete strategies to test unhelpful beliefs and try different behaviors, which can reduce anxiety and improve mood.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to choose methods that match goals, needs, and preferences, and she adjusts the plan as progress unfolds.

Session format options are not specified in the biography, so confirm current session choices before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, shorten travel time, and allow steady check-ins during transitions. It also supports regular work on relationship patterns, emotional regulation, and coping skills from wherever scheduling works best for the person.