A Sanctuary for Ultimate Concerns

Psychotherapy at the intersection of mental health & religion, spirituality, faith, and philosophy.

You’re here because you’re looking for something.

Maybe you know what it is; maybe you don’t. What you do know is that your feelings of anxiety and fear are becoming unmanageable. Your religion, spirituality, or identity has become a source of suffering rather than of strength. If you risk sharing your thoughts and feelings with other people, they tell you to calm down, relax, take it easy, don’t take everything so seriously! They tell you not to worry so much. You tell yourself that, but it doesn’t work. The “what ifs” won’t stop coming. You often feel like you’re “too much” for other people—too intense, too concerned, too apprehensive, too angst-ridden. You feel like you’re too much even for yourself. You’re intelligent, conscientious, and capable, but your fears and anxieties are calling the shots.

Deborah is a therapist who offers evidence-based care that is spiritually sensitive, culturally competent and trauma-certified.

I’m Deborah.

I help people with anxiety, fear, and trauma related to religion, spirituality, and existence. I help them to stop suffering and to enjoy lives full of meaning and purpose. I help seekers, soul-searchers, questioners, and overthinkers like you navigate the mapless areas of life, the places where you feel you’re at a dead end. Your inner GPS is constantly recalculating, and your sense of direction feels non-existent.

As a psychotherapist, I offer evidence-based care that is spiritually sensitive, culturally competent and trauma-certified. I work with people who are struggling with ultimate concerns such as freedom, meaning, purpose, identity, isolation, and death. The inescapable truth is that anxiety and fear are fundamental features of existence, but they don’t have to be controlling factors.

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When you’ve come to the end of any path you knew, when you feel like your compass is broken—when you feel like you are broken—I can help.

You are ready to stop suffering. You are ready to heal…ready to recover. As we work together, you’ll learn how to manage your thoughts, feelings, experiences, and memories, in ways that allow you to enjoy peace, have successful relationships, and make the most of your life. I can help you realize your dream of being a whole, integrated person. It’s not magic, and it’s not a gift only some people are born with. It’s a collection of skills that can be learned and practiced, skills that will allow you to live a more rewarding, authentic life.