AZ Psychologist PSY-005209, CA Psychologist 14727 professional credentials
English languages
Focus on relationships
20 years experience
Person-centered care
About Linda
Dr. Linda DeBiase is a licensed psychologist in Arizona and California with more than 20 years of professional experience. She aims to help people who are struggling with relationships, trauma, intimacy, motivation, and self esteem. She approaches each person with respect, sensitivity, and compassion.
She shapes conversations and treatment plans around what each person needs. That can mean focusing on mood and motivation one week and working on relationship patterns the next. Her work often addresses issues like depression, addictions, anger, and career concerns alongside trauma or attachment struggles.
Dr. DeBiase uses a mix of approaches that include acceptance and commitment ideas, attachment-based work, and cognitive-behavioral strategies. She also incorporates client-centered and emotionally-focused perspectives when they suit a person’s goals. This flexibility helps match techniques to real-life problems.
Her background includes long-term clinical work with people facing complex challenges such as co-morbidity, dissociation, domestic violence, and substance use. She also supports people dealing with adoption and foster care histories, blended family dynamics, and body image or codependency issues.
Many choose her for guidance on commitment and communication problems, coping after divorce or separation, and for support around ADHD or compassion fatigue. To begin, she asks people to describe their main concerns so a plan can be shaped around their priorities.
Approaches that translate to online work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that match their values. It often suits issues like low motivation, depression, and anxiety by teaching practical exercises to use between sessions. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on patterns in close relationships and helps people understand how early bonds affect current emotional responses. That approach can be useful for intimacy issues, trust struggles, and relationship conflicts. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behavior connect and teaches skills to change unhelpful patterns. It is commonly used for mood, anxiety, and coping with stress.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will listen to your goals and preferences and suggest which methods to try. Decisions about techniques and pacing are collaborative and adjusted as progress is made.
Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. It can also let people continue work on mood, relationships, and self esteem from different locations while keeping therapy consistent with daily routines.
AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAttachment issuesBlended family issuesBody imageCo-morbidityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDissociationDivorce and separationDomestic violenceDrug and alcohol addictionEating and food-related issuesEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFertility issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameImpulsivityInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessLife purposeMen's issuesMidlife crisisMoney and financial issuesMood disordersObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksPhobiasPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-loveSexualitySocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issues
She helps people with relationship challenges, trauma and abuse, intimacy issues, self esteem, depression, addictions, anger, career concerns, bipolar issues, and related topics listed in her specialties.
What is her general therapy style?
Her style blends acceptance and commitment ideas, attachment-based work, client-centered listening, cognitive-behavioral techniques, and emotionally-focused therapy to fit each person's needs.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has more than 20 years of professional experience working with people on mood, trauma, relationship patterns, and addiction-related concerns.
Where is she licensed to practice?
She is licensed as an Arizona Psychologist (AZ Psychologist PSY-005209) and a California Psychologist (CA Psychologist 14727) and practices from Arizona.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the United States work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are fees and billing handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I start a therapy relationship with her?
Use the continue button on this profile, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
