Deborah Goza, LPC

Deborah Goza is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Louisiana with 19 years of experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, parenting concerns, relationship struggles, career shifts, and challenges around attention and burnout. Deborah describes her style as practical and down-to-earth, focused on therapy that makes sense and produces visible progress.

She starts by helping clients learn more about themselves. That often means identifying automatic patterns and bringing them into awareness. From there she and the client set clear goals and work toward concrete changes over time.

Deborah uses cognitive behavioral tools alongside client-centered and mindfulness approaches. She also draws on emotion-focused and psychodynamic ideas when they fit the situation. These methods are used to address symptoms like low self-worth, sleep or eating difficulties, anger, and intimacy-related concerns.

Her background includes nearly two decades of practice and recent university teaching. That experience informs a practical focus on skills you can use outside sessions. She emphasizes measurable steps rather than abstract theory.

Sessions typically involve talking through current problems, identifying unhelpful thoughts or habits, and trying new behaviors or ways of relating. The work aims to clarify what matters to the client and to help them move toward those priorities. Deborah also offers coaching-style support for career and life-purpose questions.

People who come to Deborah often want straightforward feedback, goal-setting, and tools to manage feelings and relationships. She asks clients to set targets and tracks progress so change can be noticed and adjusted as needed.

How Deborah uses evidence-based approaches online