Debra Struzinski, LMFT

Debra Struzinski is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) practicing in Connecticut with 24 years of clinical experience. She focuses on stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family concerns, parenting issues, and anger alongside other life challenges. Debra works with adults who want clearer ways to handle frustration and conflict at home and work.

Her approach is practical and conversational. Sessions often look like a focused talk where a person describes what is happening and the therapist helps identify patterns, choices, and next steps. She uses techniques drawn from Client-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice thoughts and behaviors that increase tension. Motivational Interviewing can be part of conversations about change and commitment.

Debra also draws on Internal Family Systems ideas to gently map the different parts of a person that react under stress. That can help when anger builds into shame, guilt, or isolation. She helps people name those parts and find less reactive ways to respond.

Her background includes work with adoption and foster care issues, postpartum depression, first responder concerns, and addiction-related problems. She can address communication problems, divorce and separation, grief, and career stress as well as longer-term mood conditions such as bipolar disorder.

Sessions are straightforward and goal-focused. Debra encourages people to try small changes and notice what helps. She asks about real-life constraints and practical supports so plans fit day-to-day life.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online sessions