LPC

Debra Black-Mayo, LPC

Experience20 years
LocationArizona
Focus areasStress and Anxiety, Trauma and abuse, and Grief
Therapy approachesInternal Family Systems and Attachment-Based Therapy

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About Debra

Debra Black-Mayo is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) in Arizona with 20 years of clinical experience. She draws on Internal Family Systems alongside client-centered and cognitive behavioral approaches to help people navigate stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, and challenges to self-esteem.

Background and approach

Her practice emphasizes the client’s own expertise in their life, helping them identify strengths and resources that support change and resilience. Her work also addresses a broad range of related concerns including addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting strains, bipolar mood challenges, and coping with life transitions or compassion fatigue.

Additional focus areas include attachment and abandonment issues, codependency, communication problems, hospice and end-of-life counseling, and recovery from infidelity or isolation. Debra frames therapy as a collaborative process that honors each person’s story while bringing practical strategies from CBT and DBT when helpful.

Clients encounter an approach that balances empathy with structure, combining mindfulness-informed interventions and targeted skills training to reduce distress and improve functioning. She offers services in English and practices in Arizona, providing options that fit varied schedules and needs.

Integrating therapeutic approaches for online care

Debra combines Internal Family Systems and attachment-based and client-centered approaches to guide online work. Internal Family Systems helps people explore internal parts and their relationships, offering a way to understand conflicting feelings and heal from trauma. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on patterns of connection and trust that shape relationships, which can be useful for concerns like abandonment, communication problems, and intimacy-related issues. Client-Centered Therapy centers the person’s own perspective and strengths, creating space for compassionate listening and collaboration while clients set the pace and goals.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Debra approaches this collaboratively. She will work with each person to identify what methods best fit their needs, goals, and preferences, blending empathy, insight-oriented exploration, and practical skills when appropriate.

Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to support scheduling flexibility and accessibility. These formats allow continuity of care across different life circumstances and make it easier to fit therapy into busy routines while still working with a licensed professional.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Debra commonly help with?

She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, low self-esteem, depression, addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting, bipolar concerns, and coping with life changes.

Which therapeutic approaches shape her style?

The practice integrates Internal Family Systems, attachment-based principles, client-centered listening, CBT, and DBT to combine empathy with concrete skills and mindfulness techniques.

How much clinical experience informs her work?

She brings 20 years of professional experience to her practice, using that background to tailor interventions and support each person’s goals.

Where is she licensed and what credential does she hold?

She is a licensed professional counselor with the Arizona license LPC LPC-15214 and practices in Arizona.

Can people who speak other languages work with her?

Sessions are conducted in English, and she is not listed as offering services in other languages or to international clients at this time.

What session formats are available for appointments?

Appointments can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or through text-based messaging to accommodate different preferences.

How are fees and subscriptions handled?

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 with her?

To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a session based on therapist availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, Anxiety Trauma and abuse Grief Self esteem Depression

Also works with

AddictionsRelationship issuesFamily conflictsIntimacy-related issuesParenting issuesBipolar disorderCoping with life changes Compassion fatigue

Additional focus areas

Abandonment Attachment issuesCaregiver issues and stressCodependencyCommunication problemsCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDivorce and separationFamily of origin issuesFatherhood issuesFirst responder issuesForgivenessHospice and end-of-life counselingImpulsivityInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessLife purposeMood disordersMulticultural concernsPanic disorder and panic attacksPersonality disordersPolyamory / non-monogamous relationshipsPost-traumatic stress Self-harm Self-loveTraumatic brain injuryWomen's issuesWorkplace issues

Therapeutic approaches

Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)Mindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingSolution-Focused TherapySomatic TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems

Experience

20+ years

Licensed

Arizona

Languages

English