Deborah Pell
Compassionate counsellor for anxiety and relationships
About Deborah
Deborah Pell is a counsellor and a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). She offers practical support for people facing stress, anxiety, depression and relationship challenges. Deborah also helps with eating concerns, low self-esteem and issues around intimacy and grief.
She has six years of professional experience and works with adults and adolescents. Sessions are available by video calls, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
Background and approach
In sessions she listens without judgement and treats each person with respect. Deborah aims to make talking about difficult things easier. She encourages small steps and clear goals so people can notice change over time.
Her work often covers wider life pressures such as caregiving strain, chronic illness or coping after a loss. She also supports people dealing with attachment wounds, abandonment fears, body image concerns and communication problems. Deborah adapts the pace and focus to each person.
Some sessions are coaching-style with practical tasks and check-ins, while others focus on talking things through and understanding patterns. The aim is to find simple, useful ways to manage day-to-day stress and rebuild confidence. To begin, a short matching questionnaire is completed and sessions are scheduled according to availability.
The subscription model for sessions can be cancelled at any time.
What Deborah works with
Sessions & fees
Therapeutic techniques and online support
Deborah draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on understanding emotions and building practical coping skills. One common approach helps people recognise unhelpful thinking and try alternative responses - this is useful for anxiety, low mood and stress. Another approach emphasises identifying patterns in relationships and attachment, helping people improve communication and feel more supported in close connections.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Deborah will discuss different ways of working and decide together which methods fit the person's needs, goals and preferences. That collaborative choice helps shape session tasks and short-term goals so progress can be tracked.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat and text-based messaging, which makes it easier to fit therapy around work, family or study. Video calls are good for a face-to-face feeling, phone sessions can be quicker check-ins and use less data, and messaging or live chat work well for people who prefer writing or need flexibility. These options aim to make regular support more practical and accessible.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
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| Client ages | Adults, 18 and over |
| Fees | Subscription via BetterHelp, cancel anytime |
| Insurance | Not billed directly |
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Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Eating disorders
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 6 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
