Debra Feinberg, LCSW

Senior Therapist · Online Therapy / Telehealth Sessions

Founder and director of Maplewood Counseling, providing virtual marriage, couples, and individual therapy — licensed in New Jersey and New York, with over 25 years of experience.

Debra Feinberg, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), is a relationship and individual therapy expert who works with couples and individuals on anxiety, stress, communication breakdown, and life transitions. She creates a therapeutic space built on trust and understanding, supporting couples working through conflict, infidelity, and major life changes, as well as individuals working through anxiety, stress, and changing family dynamics. Debra has deep experience in blended family therapy, helping stepfamilies and co-parents navigate merging households, parenting challenges, and step-parent and stepchild relationships so children have a stable, nurturing home. Debra empowers couples and individuals to turn difficulties into opportunities for growth, building relationships rooted in mutual respect and lasting connection.

As founder of Maplewood Counseling and a senior couples specialist, Debra provides expert couples therapy for couples in transition, couples navigating major life decisions, and couples seeking one-session evaluation or discernment work. She built Maplewood Counseling in 2005 around a premium specialty model — small caseloads, senior clinicians, and the kind of focused work insurance-driven practices can’t offer.

Licensed Relationship SpecialistLifecycle Relationship SupportHigh-Conflict CouplesInfidelity RecoveryCo-Parenting & Blended FamiliesParenting ChallengesMulticultural & LGBTQ+ Couples

Debra draws on an eclectic, evidence-based approach, tailored to each client — often incorporating insights from Esther Perel’s work on relationships alongside these core modalities:

Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)Psychodynamic TherapyCognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT)The Gottman MethodRelational Life TherapyMindfulness

Debra brings over 25 years of experience helping couples, adults, adolescents, and families navigate relationship challenges, personal struggles, and family concerns. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in New Jersey and New York, a Certified Clinical Supervisor, and a Certified School Social Worker. Debra graduated from Binghamton University in 1980 and earned her Master of Social Work from Syracuse University in 1996.

• Men’s Fitness: “Bored of the same old sex? Six ways to bring the excitement back to your marriage”
• MoneyWise: “$150K vs. $1.5M: a couple’s savings gap”
• MoneyWise: “My parents sold their house to pay my brother’s $50K debt”
• The Independent: “As Nobody Wants This returns, couples share their religious conversion experiences”
• GoodTherapy (article by Debra): “Affair Recovery: What the First 90 Days Can Look Like”
• VICE: “7 Signs You’re Doing All the Work in Your Relationship, According to Therapists”
• VICE: “5 Brutal Signs Someone Is Using You (And What to Do About It)”
• Cosmopolitan: “People Are Really Out Here Using Their Notes App to Cheat”
• MoneyWise: “I’m worth $6 million and retired, while my late-in-life husband has very little”
• MoneyWise: “I have two sons, but only one of them has anything to do with our family business”
• Parade: “How Soon Is Too Soon to Move in Together?” Debra was the featured expert
• MoneyWise: Debra shares her perspective as a family therapist on stepfamily estrangement
• My Journey to Love: “How to Overcome Fear of Rejection in Dating,” with Debra on post-date overthinking