Debbie Della-Rodolfa, M.S., Ed.S., is a Licensed Professional Counselor. She earned her B.A. in Psychology from Clemson University in 1994 and her Master’s of Science degree in Counseling and her Education Specialist degree in Mental Health Counseling from Florida State University in 1996. Debbie has a broad range of experience as she has worked in college student counseling centers, counseled those with severe and persistent mental health disorders, and has counseled people dealing with depression and anxiety in all age groups. The past five years she has focused on working with adoptive families, both domestic and international adoption, through Harmony Adoptions of East Tennessee. She educates and counsels adoptive parents on attachment disorders and issues related to adoption. Debbie is also a P.R.E.P certified marriage counselor. P.R.E.P. counseling offers couples tools to work through tough and persistent marital issues such that each person is able to understand the issue at a deeper level.

Specific Training:

• Adoption counseling

• Grief counseling for children and adults

• Marriage Counseling

• Depression/Anxiety in children and adults

Debbie believes that change is possible for all clients given they understand that it takes courage, hard work, patience, and forgiveness of self and others. She works from a cognitive behavioral treatment modality and ties in a systems approach to change.