Deb Piranian, Ph.D. is a Licensed Professional Counselor, a certified Gestalt therapist, and trained in EMDR with over 20 years experience working with individuals and groups. She integrates Gestalt, mindfulness, body awareness and nature into her therapeutic work. Through developing clients’ capacity to be an ally to themselves, she helps clients increase their sense of aliveness, choice and satisfaction in their lives. Deb is core faculty and the Wilderness Therapy Director in the Transpersonal Counseling Psychology Master's Program at Naropa University. In addition to having a passion for the outdoors and climbing, she is a musician.

I am an experiential therapist (psychodrama, Brainspotting, emdr) who specializes in: Trauma - I work with people who have experienced long term childhood or acute trauma, and suffer from ongoing PTSD, anxiety and/or depression, to help them heal. Substance abuse recovery - Guiding people with addiction and their families through the recovery process, I use 12-step facilitation and other modalities to help addicts build the resources they need for sobriety. LGBTQ+ affirmative therapy - I help people who identify as LGBTQ+, and those who are grappling with their sexual identity, embody their true self and connect with affirmative communities. Anxiety - Walking with people through overwhelming life experiences, I guide them through the grieving and recovery process, moving out of isolation and into integration and connection.

Each of our feelings has a message; what would happen if we welcomed in loneliness, distrust, guilt and shame the same way we let in joy and love? When we offer ourselves permission and space to look at what these messages are telling us, we transform pain into a well of strength and knowledge. My work is guided by my passion for social justice and accessible health care. I use deep empathy, gentle confrontation, and gestalt and narrative frameworks to create the foundations of a healing, therapeutic relationship. I will support you as we find the answers you already hold.

IECA Professional Member, IABMCP Clinical Member