I am licensed in California with 40 years of professional work experience. I have experience in helping clients with stress and anxiety, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, & depression. I believe in treating everyone with respect, sensitivity, and compassion. I will tailor our dialog and treatment plan to meet your unique and specific needs. Taking the first step to seeking a more fulfilling and happier life which takes courage. I am here to support you in that process.
Additional areas of focus: Relationship issues, Family conflicts, Intimacy-related issues, Sleeping disorders, Anger management, Career difficulties, Bipolar disorder, Compassion fatigue, ADHD, Abandonment, Aging and geriatric issues, Attachment issues, Avoidant personality, Blended family issues, Body image, Caregiver issues and stress, Chronic pain, illness, and disability, Codependency, Commitment issues, Communication problems, Control issues, Coping with natural or human-caused disaster, Dependent personality, Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD), Dissociation, Divorce and separation, Domestic violence, Eating and food-related issues, Emptiness, Family of origin issues, Family problems, Fatherhood issues, Fertility issues, Forgiveness, Gender dysphoria, Guilt and shame, Hoarding, Impulsivity, Infidelity, Isolation / loneliness, Jealousy, Life purpose, Men's issues, Midlife crisis, Money and financial issues, Mood disorders, Narcissism, Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD, Panic disorder and panic attacks, Paranoia, Personality disorders, Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships, Postpartum depression, Post-traumatic stress, Pregnancy and childbirth, Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), Self-harm, Self-love, Sexual assault and abuse, Sexuality, Social anxiety and phobia, Somatization, Women's issues, Workplace issues
Clinical approaches: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), Existential Therapy, Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Psychodynamic Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Somatic Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy, Systemic Therapy
CA LMFT 17242
These quotes represent just a few of the many positive reviews that we have received for Dr. Debra Bubar. We don't pay anyone to provide their review and they are all made voluntarily. Some people's experience receiving therapy with BetterHelp might be different.
She’s amazing and understands overall issue
Written on Jan 23, 2026 after therapy with Debra for 4 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, lgbt, relationship issues, intimacy-related issues, and coping with life changes
Dr. Bubar was incredibly helpful to me. She was good at creating a safe space to process as well as explore my feelings. She was also very empathetic to my chronic health and helped me stay on track with my self care. She was very kind and supportive.
Written on Dec 26, 2025 after therapy with Debra for 3 weeks on issues concerning grief, intimacy-related issues, coping with life changes, and adhd
Dr Bubar has been so incredibly helpful for all things big and small this year - truly couldn’t have gotten through this year without her! Thank you thank you thank you
Written on Dec 23, 2025 after therapy with Debra for 10 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, grief, and coping with life changes
Dr Bubar is very knowledgeable and understanding.
Written on Dec 01, 2025 after therapy with Debra for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, sleeping disorders, parenting issues, and coping with life changes
Dr. Bubar understands me and shares similar experiences which gives me confidence in her ability to help me with my issues. I feel very comfortable with her. I am usually slow to open up to people but feel I have been able to trust Dr Bubar enough to be more open with my feelings earlier than I normally would be with someone I do not know.
Written on Nov 23, 2025 after therapy with Debra for 7 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, and trauma and abuse
I have only had one session, which is my first ever, and she was attentive and listened
Written on Nov 22, 2025 after therapy with Debra for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy-related issues, parenting issues, self esteem, anger management, career difficulties, coping with life changes, compassion fatigue, and adhd