Debra Rosenfeld
Welcome. I help clients navigate midlife and later life transitions. My goal is to help you feel as mentally and emotionally well as possible while moving through these changes with greater ease. I find it deeply rewarding to help clients discover meaning and fulfillment during these stages of their lives. In our sessions, I listen closely and support you as you work through challenges. I help you gain insight and develop practical psychological skills, so you feel less anxious and depressed, have more satisfying family relationships, thrive at work or enjoy retirement, and live in alignment with your values.
My experience includes directing the career counseling program at Stanford School of Medicine for 10 years.
I support clients who struggle with anxiety, depression, hormonal changes, and illness. I help people navigate challenging family relationships, caregiver burnout, grief, and career and retirement transitions. I also help clients overcome hoarding and overwhelming clutter. My experience includes directing the career counseling program at Stanford School of Medicine for 10 years.
First session
In our first session, we’ll start with introductions. Our session focuses on getting to know each other, learning about what brought you to therapy, and clarifying your therapy goals. I offer a warm, compassionate, nonjudgemental space for you to be yourself.
Strengths
My greatest strength is combining deep listening, compassion, thoughtful questioning, and psychological skill-building to help clients experience fewer symptoms and greater wellbeing. I enjoy helping clients identify their strengths and find solutions to their problems. Using CBT, mindfulness-based therapy, and ACT, I bring warmth, honesty, practicality, and a touch of humor to our sessions. For clients who value religion or spirituality, I support them in integrating their beliefs and practices into the therapy process.
Ideal clients
My clients are people age 40 and older who are committed to engaging in therapy consistently so they can feel less anxious and depressed and live more fulfilling lives. I help people navigate regret, loss, loneliness, and concerns about growing older. I also support clients struggling with perimenopause, menopause, and andropause; chronic pain; major health conditions; and insomnia. I help those who wish to overcome hoarding and overwhelming clutter.
Treatment methods
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
Through CBT, I help clients explore how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors influence one another. I support clients in noticing unhelpful thought patterns, challenging negative beliefs, and developing more balanced ways of thinking. By learning practical strategies and coping skills, clients feel more capable in managing life’s challenges and having healthy relationships.
Mindfulness-Based Therapy
Mindfulness helps people live more fully in the present, make intentional choices, and respond to life with calm rather than reactivity. Using Mindfulness-Based Therapy, I help clients become more aware of their thoughts, feelings, and bodily sensations in the present moment -- I then guide them in simple mindfulness practices that can be used in daily life to manage stress and approach life with greater ease.
Acceptance and commitment (ACT)
In my work with ACT, I help clients develop psychological flexibility, which is the ability to stay present, open, and adaptable even when difficult thoughts or emotions arise. I support clients in seeing themselves more clearly, accepting their emotions, stepping back from negativity, clarifying their values, and taking actions that move them toward a fulfilling life.
Location
Virtual sessions
Identifies as
Jewish
White
Woman
Top specialties
Depression
Family Conflict
Older Adults
Other specialties
Anxiety
Career Counseling
Chronic Illness / Medical Issues
Grief
Insomnia/Sleep Issues
Life Transitions
Men's Issues
Spirituality
Trauma and PTSD
Women's Issues
Serves
Adults (18 to 64)
Elders (65 and above)
Individual Therapy
Man
Woman
Doesn't specialize in
Addiction
Child or Adolescent
Crisis Intervention
Domestic Violence
Eating Disorders
Family Therapy
Family Therapy
Gambling Addiction
High Clinical Acuity
Medication Management
Personality Disorders
Self-Harming
Serious Mental Illness
Sex Addiction
Sex Therapy
Substance Misuse
Licensed in
CaliforniaLicense 31152