Deborah Gaudet

Hopeful, practical therapy grounded in relationship

LPCC New Mexico

Experience: 10 years in practice
Focus areas: Stress, Anxiety, LGBT, Relationship
Approaches: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Attachment-Based Therapy
Languages: English

About Deborah

Deborah Gaudet is an LPCC with ten years of clinical experience who brings a hopeful yet realistic orientation to therapy. She combines cognitive behavioral ideas with depth-oriented perspectives to support people working through trauma, addiction, grief, anxiety, and relationship or intimacy concerns.

Background and approach

Based in the mountains of Northern New Mexico, she frames therapy around growth across the lifespan and attends to emotional experience as a route to change. Her work is client-centered and pragmatic, informed by relational and Jungian influences while staying grounded in practical strategies.

Deborah emphasizes attention to systemic factors such as income and social inequality when those elements shape a client's struggles. She is particularly interested in helping with life-stage challenges, caregiver and parenting strain, mood and anxiety symptoms, coping with loss, and issues related to identity and intimacy.

Her style is friendly, thorough, and hopeful, aimed at creating shifts in difficulties that have felt stuck for years.

Integrating relational and cognitive approaches online

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy offers clear, practical tools to identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, which can help with anxiety, mood challenges, sleep, and coping with life transitions. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on patterns in close relationships and how early and current relational experiences shape emotional responses and intimacy concerns, making it useful for relationship and attachment issues.

Finding the right blend of approaches is part of the therapeutic process. Deborah takes a collaborative stance, working with each client to discover which methods fit their goals, values, and preferences rather than prescribing a single route up front. This collaborative exploration helps tailor interventions to the person's needs over time.

Online therapy with video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging adds flexibility for scheduling and lets people access care from different locations. These formats can make it easier to maintain continuity during life transitions, balance caregiving or work demands, and try different ways of engaging in therapy while working toward emotional and relational change.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does this therapist address?

Deborah works with a wide range of issues including stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, addictions, relationship and intimacy-related concerns, eating and sleeping difficulties, and career or life-change challenges.

What therapeutic style can I expect in sessions?

Her approach is positive and realistic with a client-centered focus, blending cognitive behavioral methods and emotion-focused work alongside depth-oriented perspectives.

How much clinical experience does she have?

She has ten years of experience working with people facing trauma recovery, addiction recovery, mood and anxiety concerns, caregiving stress, and related life-stage issues.

What are her credentials and where is she located?

She is an LPCC licensed in New Mexico with licence number NM LPCC CCMH0171441 and practices from Northern New Mexico.

Does she work with international clients or in other languages?

She offers services in English and accepts international clients according to the profile information provided.

Which session formats are available?

Sessions can take place via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to accommodate different preferences and needs.

How are costs and subscriptions handled?

Fees vary with location and therapist availability, and sessions are provided through a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

What steps are involved to begin working together?

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

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyLGBTRelationship issuesTrauma and abuse Grief

Also works with

AddictionsFamily conflictsIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersSleeping disordersParenting issuesAnger managementSelf esteemCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderCoping with life changesCoachingCompassion fatigue

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAging and geriatric issuesAttachment issuesAvoidant personalityBDSM, kink, and alternative sex cultureBlended family issuesBody imageCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCo-morbidityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDependent personalityDisruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)DissociationDivorce and separationDomestic violenceDrug and alcohol addictionEating and food-related issuesEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesFirst responder issuesForgivenessGender dysphoriaGuilt and shameHIV / AIDSHoardingHospice and end-of-life counselingImmigration issuesInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMoney and financial issuesMood disordersMulticultural concernsPanic disorder and panic attacksPersonality disordersPhobiasPolyamory / non-monogamous relationshipsPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthPrejudice and discriminationProcess addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSelf-loveSex addictionSexual assault and abuseSexual dysfunctionSexualitySocial anxiety and phobiaSomatizationTraumatic brain injuryWomen's issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Existential TherapyJungian TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapySomatic TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

10+ years

Licensed

New Mexico

Languages

English