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Deborah "Debbie" Aimone, LCSW

  • Experience31 years
  • LocationNorth Carolina
  • Focus areasADHD, Stress and Anxiety, and Grief
  • Therapy approachesCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
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About Deborah

Deborah "Debbie" Aimone is a licensed clinical social worker with over three decades of professional experience, holding LCSW credentials in Illinois and North Carolina. She focuses on helping people navigate stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and related concerns such as self-esteem, compassion fatigue, trauma and abuse, and life transitions.

Background and approach

Her background also encompasses work with complex presentations including bipolar disorder, caregiving stress, chronic illness, and relationship and family-of-origin issues. Debbie uses evidence-informed methods and shapes each conversation and plan to fit the individual's circumstances, priorities, and pace.

She emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and compassion while encouraging clients to build skills for coping, communication, and emotional regulation. Her practice also addresses practical challenges like career strain, parenting stress, abandonment wounds, and codependency, with an aim toward improving day-to-day functioning and personal resilience.

Clients who seek pragmatic, collaborative guidance around mood, trauma, or life-change often find her direct yet empathetic style helpful. She offers multiple online session formats from North Carolina and works with English-speaking clients who match her availability and practice parameters.

Practical Therapeutic Approaches for Online Care

Debbie draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help clients identify unhelpful thought patterns and develop concrete strategies for managing symptoms like anxiety, depression, and stress. CBT focuses on changing thoughts and behaviors to improve mood and daily functioning, making it useful for work-related strain, low motivation, and mood regulation.

Her work emphasizes a collaborative process where the therapist and client explore goals, try techniques, and adjust the approach as needed. She will help evaluate which methods fit best with a person’s needs, preferences, and life circumstances, and will tailor plans rather than applying a single formula.

Online therapy sessions are available as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, offering flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care while balancing work, family, or health demands, and allow clients to access licensed professionals from their own location within practice parameters.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does she commonly address?
She works with a wide range of issues including stress, anxiety, grief, depression, compassion fatigue, trauma and abuse, ADHD, bipolar disorder, and related family and interpersonal problems.
What is her therapeutic style and approach?
Her approach is evidence-informed and collaborative, drawing on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help clients develop practical skills for coping, reframing thoughts, and managing emotions.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She brings 31 years of professional experience working with diverse mental health and life challenges.
Where is she licensed and based?
She holds LCSW licenses in Illinois and North Carolina and provides services from North Carolina as listed.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are conducted in English and she is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats does she offer?
She offers a variety of remote options including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How are fees and subscriptions handled?
Fees vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyGriefSelf esteemDepressionCompassion fatigue

Also works with

Family conflictsTrauma and abuseParenting issuesAnger managementCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderCoachingADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAging and geriatric issuesAttachment issuesBlended family issuesCancerCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCo-morbidityCodependencyCommunication problemsDependent personalityDivorce and separationFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsGuilt and shameHospice and end-of-life counselingIsolation / lonelinessMood disordersPanic disorder and panic attacksSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSelf-loveSocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesWorkplace issues

Therapeutic approaches

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

Experience

31+ years

Licensed

Illinois, North Carolina, Connecticut

Languages

English

What Deborah can help with

Deborah "Debbie" Aimone works with clients on stress and anxiety, grief, self esteem, depression, and compassion fatigue.

Deborah works with clients with stress and anxiety, coping with grief and loss, motivation, and self esteem and confidence.

How Deborah approaches therapy

Deborah's clinical approaches include Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT).

Experience and training

Deborah is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker practicing in North Carolina, with 31 years of clinical experience.