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Thank you for visiting this site! I invite you to explore the information and resources available. My experience is broad and deep!  I try to “specialize” in a few areas of practice, but LIFE IS my specialty. 

My first counseling private practice was exactly thirty years ago in Spokane, Washington:  Chrysalis Counseling.  For over four years my practice centered on women transitioning from relationships, grief, addiction and recovery, couples counseling, and family counseling specializing in the issues teens bring to a family.

Since that first practice I have spent my life specializing in adoption, parenting, birth parent care and support, infertility, grief, sandwich generation issues, aging parents,  12 Step Recovery, menopause and marriage, life transition, adoption search and reunion issues, GLBT coming out and adjustment, mid-life crisis and more.    Have I left anything out?  I have partnered with many talented professionals during through the years. I find myself joyfully involved developing workshops and classes, with these colleagues. Exciting work, to be sure!

The great thing is that my clinical bachelor’s and master’s degrees in social work are not just sterile degrees.  They provided a solid foundation on which thirty-five years of life and practice have  been built!  I have lived life. Nothing can shock or astound me.  No matter what you want to talk about, you can be assured of experience, genuine compassion, knowledge, humor and a basic belief in your health and potential.

I believe good mental health is made up of emotional, physical and spiritual factors. I believe we are always in process, working with those three factors as they interweave in our everyday lives. And, I believe that we have times when we need or want help to sort through the issues life flings onto our doorstep. I believe most people ARE healthy. With support, respectful listening, wise reflecting back and the perspective that comes from another’s point of view, we move through the challenges life offers us and we grow.

Many of the pressures and obstacles life throws our way are normal, developmental, universal stages of growth.  I believe each person experiences these stages in their own unique way that needs to be honored and valued.  I BELIEVE we possess inherent personal wisdom if we will look within. I BELIEVE we are more healthy than not.  I believe in strength, compassion and developing broad support systems as we pass through tough times in life.

I offer many workshops, classes and groups because I believe by relating to others like us, we can have a mirror for revelation, growth and support.  Individual work is safe, structured and secure.  Groups allow us to look around a bit to see others. Seminars offer new ideas to open our spirits to embrace health.

I invite you to call me now at 1-888-772-1540 for a complimentary thirty minute consultation to explore the ways we can join together to bring greater peace and comfort to your life.  If you prefer, you may also email me at Deborah@DeborahAronsonMSW.com.  If you feel ready to embark on this new adventure, click here to schedule an appointment. My time is available to you in person at my office or at your home, via Skype or online chat, by telephone or any other means that works for you.  Click here to learn about my fee structure.

I celebrate your courage in taking that first step toward making your life what you want it to be.  I look forward to walking this path beside you.