Deborah Valerio, LPC

Deborah Valerio, LPC, is a Licensed Professional Counselor who combines practical experience in schools with clinical training to help people navigate emotional and interpersonal challenges. She brings 12 years of clinical experience and a background in education to her work, offering a steady, solutions-focused approach that emphasizes client strengths and real-world progress.

Deborah earned a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Northern Arizona University in 1994 and a Master of Counseling from the University of Phoenix in 1998. She also taught elementary school for 12 years and maintains a teaching certificate in early childhood education for Birth - Age 8/Grade 3. Currently she serves as a K-12 school counselor in a public school setting, where she supports students, families, and school communities.

She is culturally competent and experienced working with children, adolescents, adults, couples, military families, and K-12 students. Her clinical focus includes stress, anxiety, parenting concerns, self-esteem, depression, ADHD, addictions, relationship and family issues, trauma and abuse, anger, bipolar disorder, and coping with life changes, among other concerns.

Deborah uses a strength-based, solution-focused framework alongside evidence-based techniques such as mindfulness interventions and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). In sessions she supports clients while also offering constructive challenges to promote self-improvement and empowerment. Through a collaborative process she helps clients explore underlying patterns in thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and takes practical steps toward healing and improved functioning.