About
Debra Cosentino, LPC, is a licensed counselor practicing in Pennsylvania with four years of professional experience. She has worked extensively with survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault through a community agency, supporting clients from age five through adulthood. As a certified play therapist, she brings play-based techniques into sessions when appropriate, including adaptations used with adult clients. Her clinical interests include relationship and family dynamics, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, anxiety, grief, parenting, anger, depression, and coping with life changes.
Her clinical work draws on client-centered, cognitive behavioral, solution-focused, and trauma-focused therapies to address both immediate concerns and longer-term patterns. She partners with clients to identify practical skills, reframe unhelpful thinking, and process traumatic material at a pace that fits each person. She attends to attachment, abandonment, communication problems, and blended family challenges as part of relational work. She aims to create an open and safe environment where thoughts and feelings can be shared without fear of judgment and offers steady support for those taking initial steps toward more satisfying relationships and daily functioning.
Remote sessions and therapeutic approach
Debra integrates several evidence-informed approaches in remote work to match each person’s needs. Using a client-centered stance, she focuses on the person’s perspective and values, offering a collaborative space for exploration and making choices about goals. Cognitive behavioral techniques are used to identify thinking patterns and to build practical coping skills for anxiety, mood concerns, and day-to-day stress.
For trauma-related concerns she uses trauma-focused therapy methods that combine careful processing with safety-building skills. Solution-focused strategies help shape short-term goals and concrete steps when clients prefer a more goal-oriented pace. These approaches are offered in collaboration so that priorities and pacing are decided together.
Remote sessions are available through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, allowing clients to choose the format that fits their communication preferences.What is Debra Cosentino's clinical background?
She has four years of professional experience and has worked with a domestic violence and sexual assault agency, supporting clients ages five and up to adults. She is also a certified play therapist.
What credentials does she hold?
Debra is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with the license PA LPC PC014801.
Which languages does she speak?
She provides services in English.
Where is she licensed to practice?
She is licensed and practices in Pennsylvania.
How can clients work with her remotely?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging as ways to connect.
Does she accept international clients?
No. This profile indicates she is not accepting international clients.
What does it cost to work with her?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with Debra?
To get started, use the Start Therapy button and complete a short matching questionnaire.