Tropic Gardens Plaza
6232 N. 7th Street
Suite 204
Phoenix, AZ 85014
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Telephone; 602-334-8154

Email: deborahpsyd@q.com




​Emergency Numbers

Empact Crisis Hotline:  480-784-1500

Solari Crisis Line: 844-534-4673  (HOPE)

​Suicide Prevention hotline: 988




Perhaps everything terrible is in its deepest being something helpless that wants help from us.      Rainier Maria Rilke

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Thank you for visiting my website and learning about my practice.  



Here is a quick view of my education, certifications, and professional affiliations:

• Arizona School of Professional Psychology, Doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology, 2003

• Arizona School of Professional Psychology, Master’s degree in Clinical Psychology, 1999

 

• Private Practice since 2004

 

• International Institute for Humanistic Studies, Petaluma, CA (Existential-Humanistic Psychotherapy), certificate 2004

 

• Goddard College, Master’s Degree, Calligraphy & Literature, 1986

 

• Arizona State University, Master’s Fine Arts degree, Creative Writing, 1995

 

• Southwest Behavioral Health Services 1999-2015

 

• Ottawa University, adjunct faculty in Master's in Counseling program, 2005-2011;  2022-present

Novels published

• Telling Stories, 2015, Abbott Press
• Telling Shadows, 2022,  Atmosphere Press

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Professional Affiliations

Arizona Psychological Association

• Ethics Committee, Chairperson 2014-April 2017

                  Member, since 2010

• Mentor since 2013; recipient of Distinguished Mentor Award, 2016
• Recipient of Distinguished Contributions to Diversity Award, 2022
• ASU/AzPA Consortium Training Conference committee

                  member since 2012

• Training Consortium member, 2020-2024
• Co-founder, Women in Psychology, 2017-present; networking and support 

American Psychological Association, member since 1998

National Register of Health Psychologists, Credentialed 2019

PsyPact, Credentialed, 2022



Arizona Psychoanalytic Society
         Member at Large 2011-2016

Arizona Society for Psychoanalytic Psychology
          Member at Large 2017

International Association of Applied Psychology, 
          Member since 2012

 We see the brightness of a new page where everything yet can happen. 
Rainer Maria Rilke