I was thinking about my life today, married for 33 years and have 2 children. Very happily married by my and my wife's account. If my wife followed Deborah's advise we would be divorced and not had our son. Most of our issues were with our very similar alcoholic parents. My wife was in a women's group with Deborah as well. I joking called it the we hate men group as when my wife came home from this group I wondered what I had done this time? Our first couple sessions with Deborah were normal, talking about what we thought was going on lasting about 45 minutes. The last session, Deborah ripped into me for an hour and 15 minutes. I was to blame for everything. Alcoholic, druggie for smoking pot. An alcoholic when I had been in Ala-non for 6 years already? On the way home my wife tells me that Deborah has recommended that she should divorce me and I should be checked into a rehab facility. I said, if that is how you feel, let's get a divorce and I meant it. She doesn't want to get a divorce and we went to another counselor. After a few sessions, the new counselor gave my wife a homework assignment, how many of the women in this group were married, not interested in men or in a happy marriage. Next session she reports that no one is in a happy marriage, most not interested in men and one was separated from her husband. The therapist says she thinks my wife should find a new counselor and stop going to this group. A few weeks later the counselor tells my wife if she does not stop going to this group and go to another counselor that she would recommend to me to move on. She said she sees allot of women in late forties to early fifties that determine through counseling that their husband is an alcoholic and divorces them. Only to find out that their husbands fair much better. That many of these women do not remarry and end up with financial issues. As soon as she started counseling with another lady and stopped the women's group we moved forward to a better marriage. My point is, how many marriages were destroyed because of her bad advise? How many individuals are wondering where they are now or could have been if had not come to such a hasty conclusion? How did they fair financially? I say a prayer everyday for my wife and son being in my life. It is an inside job, do the work first before you make big changes. read more

Meh. I remember this therapist in my shopping, and there's better options, hopefully still. I think she does well with lightweights (ie where the initials 'MFT' come from) but complex cases will stump her. She has "analyst voice," sort of a pretension from 70s movies that somebody might find annoying. Also forgot simple but critical fundamental details about my life a little too frequently. Generally a mismatch, but what troubled me was that she didn't see the discord herself--which makes me believe she is not that insightful. A bit reluctant to leave a review here with my real name but think it's important, given the branding and self-promotion going on here, that others know what they might be getting into. Bottom line: okay for couples counseling or the odd startup employee dealing with mild depression or what have you. Short term coaching, maybe. Serious mental illness? Not likely. Given the lack of good therapists on insurance panels, you might be better off with a trained psychologist for counseling. read more

I began seeing Deborah after the loss of my sister to suicide. With her gentle insight and understanding, she saw me through the hardest parts of the grieving process and helped me work through the turmoil of this particular kind of loss. Once the fog of immediate grief began to dissipate, I continued to see her for my other anxiety-related issues, and now I feel much more innately capable of handling stress and anxiety. For these reasons (and many more) I would highly recommend her to anyone looking for a therapist. read more

I've seen Deborah a few times following the birth of my first son. She has been extremely helpful in helping me get back on track with life post baby. She not only helps you work through your thoughts, but she also teaches you how the brain works and exercises that help you manage your emotions. I was able to regain control of my mind and feelings. She speaks thoughtfully and calmly and is always respectful and encouraging. Her office is clean, quiet and comfortable. I definitely recommend Deborah! read more

Deborah is an exceptional therapist whose guidance through premarital counseling has made a huge impact on my relationship (now marriage). We had deep and seemingly intractable relationship issues, but Deborah created a safe place for difficult conversations, while also being direct and pragmatic in her recommendations. Her experience (over 30 years) supporting couples like us was apparent from our first visit. Quite simply, we would not have the happy, thriving marriage that we have today if it were not for Deborah. I could not recommend her more strongly to anyone seeking relationship counseling. 5 stars. read more

Ms. Whiting was really helpful to my husband and me. It felt like she "got" us. What I liked most was that she gave us homework to do between sessions, so that seemed to speed things up. We only met four times, but things are so much better for us. read more

Deborah was very kind and empathetic though didn't provide exactly beneficial knowledge on how to treat my specific case. The help she advised ended up in disaster. Though I appreciate the apparent objective of our time, I encourage anyone seeking serious reprehensible help to trust themselves or a more qualified professional in counsel. I can only speculate as to the severity of my case being outside her scope and severely faulting any intended results. read more