Deborah Helt(She/Her/Hers)

Deborah Helt is a Marriage and Family therapist who is licensed in California and Iowa. She provides therapy for individuals, couples, families and groups and is the owner of Light Gets In Therapy Center.

She is trained in several modalities including but not limited to relational gestalt, narrative therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), and somatic awareness techniques. Her perspective as a therapist is feminist, culturally sensitive, LGBTQIAPK-affirmative and grounded in principles of social justice.

Deb works with clients from wide-ranging backgrounds, addressing a variety of clinical issues including depression, anxiety, gender and sexuality issues, substance abuse, recovery from trauma, relationship conflicts, career transitions and family of origin issues. She welcomes clients from all backgrounds and stages of life. She particularly enjoys working with social change-makers such as artists, community organizers, writers, teachers and government employees. She has clinical and lived experience related to IVF, infertility journeys and foster parenting and welcomes clients who wish to explore these issues.

Deb completed Masters Degrees in both Clinical Psychology and Urban Planning. she completed a year-long certificate program in Postmodern Therapies at Phillips Graduate Institute and three years of training in Relational and Community Gestalt Therapies at the Relational Center. As an intern, she provided therapy in English and Spanish for children and families on Medi-cal at Vista Del Mar Child and Family Services, served clients at the David H. Fox Counseling Center in Chatsworth, Ca and at two local private practices. Her work as a therapist is partly informed by her past career as an urban planner and non-profit director where she ran programs that promoted expanded opportunities for entrepreneurs and job seekers looking for avenues into new career sectors.