Debra Younger

Debra Younger is a Missouri-based licensed professional counselor who brings 13 years of experience as a therapist and life coach. She holds a Missouri professional counseling license (MO LPC 2018043925) and works with adults confronting a range of life challenges.

As a veteran, Debra has a particular commitment to supporting servicemen and women as they work to re-integrate into civilian life after combat or military service. Her own life experiences— including parenting as a single parent for 23 years and participating in personal therapy for a decade—inform her empathetic and grounded approach.

Her clinical focus centers on helping individuals manage the effects of adverse events, including trauma, all forms of abuse, loss and grief, and attachment difficulties. She also addresses stress, anxiety, self-esteem, coping with life changes, LGBT concerns, relationship and intimacy-related issues, anger management, and career difficulties.

Debra practices from a holistic perspective that sees mind, body, and spirit as interconnected; she believes challenges in one area often affect the others. Her primary therapeutic modality is Internal Family Systems (IFS), a non-pathologizing approach that frames symptoms as understandable responses to difficult experiences. Using IFS, she works with clients to shift limiting beliefs toward more adaptive, positive beliefs that can support healthier adult relationships and improved emotional functioning.

She invites prospective clients to explore how IFS and an integrative, person-centered approach can support healing, growth, and more satisfying relationships.