- Client-centered approach
- Mindfulness-based skills
- Motivational interviewing
About Deborah
Dr. Deborah Gioia-Hasick brings a client-centered approach to therapy. She emphasizes listening first, then helping people set goals they can manage. Her style is practical and steady, aimed at reducing stress and building self-esteem so daily life feels more doable.
She has 37 years of clinical experience and has worked extensively with young adults early in her career. Much of her early work focused on people with serious mental illness and their family supports. That time shaped her interest in helping people rebuild communication and cognitive skills and in using evidence-based practices for symptom management.
Dr. Gioia-Hasick taught at the graduate level after completing a PhD in 2000. She leads courses that combine hands-on clinical work with research, and she has taught treatments such as cognitive behavioral techniques, dialectical behavior skills, and mindfulness-based stress reduction.
Her clinical toolkit also includes motivational interviewing, which she uses to help people find their own reasons to change before starting more targeted work. She has additional training in sexual health and sex therapy and has provided couples counseling in that context.
Recently she has focused on climate-related trauma and resiliency and on vocational identity for young adults. Her practice addresses a broad range of concerns including anxiety, depression, eating issues, relationship and family matters, grief, trauma and self-esteem.
She has 37 years of clinical experience and has worked extensively with young adults early in her career. Much of her early work focused on people with serious mental illness and their family supports. That time shaped her interest in helping people rebuild communication and cognitive skills and in using evidence-based practices for symptom management.
Dr. Gioia-Hasick taught at the graduate level after completing a PhD in 2000. She leads courses that combine hands-on clinical work with research, and she has taught treatments such as cognitive behavioral techniques, dialectical behavior skills, and mindfulness-based stress reduction.
Her clinical toolkit also includes motivational interviewing, which she uses to help people find their own reasons to change before starting more targeted work. She has additional training in sexual health and sex therapy and has provided couples counseling in that context.
Recently she has focused on climate-related trauma and resiliency and on vocational identity for young adults. Her practice addresses a broad range of concerns including anxiety, depression, eating issues, relationship and family matters, grief, trauma and self-esteem.