Marriage & Family Therapy – Debbie Curtis Counseling
Debbie Curtis Counseling is a mental health practice based in Livermore, California, led by Debbie Curtis, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (License #96166). Curtis holds a Master’s Degree in Counseling with a Marriage Family Therapy option, certification as a clinical trauma professional, and certification as a Brainspotting therapist.
The practice serves teens and adults across a range of presenting concerns. For adolescent clients, focus areas include behavior and impulse control, anxiety and depression, self-esteem, self-identity, self-harm and crisis, anger management, divorce, grief and loss, LGBTQ+ issues, and trauma. For adult clients, the practice provides couples therapy, anxiety and depression treatment, self-esteem support, life transitions counseling, trauma recovery, and Brainspotting sessions.
Treatment modalities offered include Brainspotting, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Internal Family Systems (IFS), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and somatic practices. Couples therapy specifically draws on the Gottman Method, Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), Attachment-based frameworks, and the Yerkovich approach. Curtis also holds training and certification in Brainspotting, which is highlighted as a specialty of the practice.
Prior professional experience described on the website includes work at Discovery Counseling Center in Danville and at Anthropos Counseling Center, a nonprofit providing affordable counseling services in Livermore. Curtis also served as Clinical Director of a trauma recovery center working with domestic violence and human trafficking survivors.
Session fees are listed at $180 for a 50-minute individual session and $280 for a 90-minute session. An associate therapist at the practice charges $150 per 50-minute session and $175 for couples sessions. Limited sliding-scale openings may be available at the clinician’s discretion. Telehealth services are available upon request. Insurance acceptance is not specified on the site; sessions appear to be provided on a self-pay basis. The practice serves clients in and around Livermore, California. Office hours are 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. Contact: (925) 332-6851. The year of practice establishment is not stated on the website.