Deborah Levinson

Deborah Levinson is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist practicing in Illinois with 25 years of clinical experience. She has provided counseling to individuals, couples, adolescents, and families since 1995, combining years of practice with a focus on practical, results-oriented care.

Her work addresses a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, intimacy-related issues, depression, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, sleeping disorders, parenting challenges, anger management, self-esteem, career difficulties, bipolar disorder, coping with life changes, and compassion fatigue. She also offers support for adult children of alcoholics and dysfunctional families, blended family dynamics, codependency, communication problems, infidelity, and other couples and family issues.

She practices in an active, directive manner that draws on cognitive-behavioral techniques and a solution-focused orientation. Deborah has experience working with people from diverse cultural, ethnic, and religious backgrounds and adapts her approach to fit each client’s needs.

Her professional background includes work in schools, inpatient and outpatient psychiatric hospitals, and social service settings involving foster care, family reunification, and child abuse, in addition to extensive private practice experience. Deborah is down to earth, genuine, and frank; she will challenge clients, assign homework, and recommend videos, talks, articles, books, and workbooks to support progress. She holds an Illinois license as a Marriage and Family Therapist (IL LMFT 166000414).