Debra R. Pearl

Degrees: M.S.W., St. Louis University

Professional Accreditation: Licensed Clinical Social Worker, State of Missouri and State of New York; Board Certified Diplomate, American Board of Examiners in Clinical Social Work; Member, National Association of Social Workers; Field instructor, New York University School of Social Work.

Specialties:

• Children, Adolescents, Adults; Individual, Couple, Family, Group
• Anxiety, depression, relationship issues, pre-marital/marital, divorce, parenting, parents of adult children, sexuality and sexual issues, domestic violence/abuse/sexual abuse, trauma, loss and grief, transitions, gay and lesbian issues, EMDR. 

Other: 

• Facilitates psycho-educational/support groups for bereavement and loss.
• Speaks fluent Hebrew.

Insurance Provider For:  Medicare, BCBS, Cigna, Value Options, Aetna, United Behavioral health (out-of-network), and others. 

“Life as a therapist is a life of service in which we daily transcend our personal wishes and turn our gaze toward the needs and growth of the other” (~I. Yalom, The Gift of Therapy). What a privilege!