Deborah "Debbie" Kirby, LCSW
Oregon · 24 years in practice
Deborah "Debbie" Kirby is a licensed clinical social worker with 24 years of experience.
License and registration
- LCSW, Oregon
- L3454 · expires June 2026
- NPI
- 1235260431 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 24
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Deborah
Deborah "Debbie" Kirby is a licensed clinical social worker with 24 years of experience. She practices from Oregon and brings a practical, down-to-earth style to sessions. Debbie also offers executive and professional coaching alongside therapy work.
Debbie focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, grief, and big life changes. She also supports those navigating career shifts, parenting strain, eating concerns, trauma and abuse, and compassion fatigue. Additional areas include adoption and foster care, blended family issues, codependency, communication problems, fertility concerns, and end-of-life matters.
Background and approach
Her approach is straightforward and person-focused. She listens first, then works with each person to identify small steps that can make daily life easier. Sessions aim to reduce overwhelm and help people practice new habits between meetings.
Debbie uses a mix of methods when they fit the person and the problem. She draws on systemic ideas to look at patterns and relationships, acceptance and commitment work to help with values-based choices, and attachment-informed ideas to improve connection with others. Cognitive behavioral strategies are used for practical coping skills.
Debbie offers sessions in English through video calls, phone, live chat, or text messaging. She describes starting therapy as a partnership and helps people set realistic goals. To begin, a short matching questionnaire is completed and scheduling follows based on availability.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Deborah lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Compassion fatigue
- Adoption and foster care
- Blended family issues
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Life purpose
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Deborah names
- Systemic Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Therapeutic approaches and online care that fit your life
Debbie draws on several practical approaches in her online work. Systemic ideas look at patterns between people and routines to spot what keeps problems going and where small changes can have big effects. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on values and committed action so people can move toward what matters even while uncomfortable feelings remain. Attachment-Based ideas pay attention to how relationships shape feelings and behavior, helping people build more supported ways of relating.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Debbie treats therapy as a collaboration and will help you decide which methods match your goals and preferences. Together you’ll try strategies, check what helps, and adjust the plan when needed.
Online sessions offer practical benefits for busy lives. Video calls let you work face-to-face when a deeper discussion is needed. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when you want to focus on voice. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for brief check-ins, coaching prompts, or steady progress between full sessions. These options make it easier to fit sessions into a workday, handle childcare logistics, or maintain continuity while traveling.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Debbie commonly help with?
She helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief, career shifts, trauma and abuse, coping with life changes, and compassion fatigue, among other concerns.
What is her therapy style like?
Sessions are practical and person-focused. She listens, helps set small goals, and uses hand-on strategies you can try between meetings.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Debbie has 24 years of professional experience working with clients and providing executive and professional coaching.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She holds the LCSW credential and is licensed in Oregon.
In which language are sessions offered?
Sessions are offered in English only.
Which session formats are available?
She works through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How does billing and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin therapy?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability.
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