Lastoff, Debra

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LASTOFF, DEBRA

Compass Point Counseling

compasspoint.life

debra@compasspoint.life

● Clinical Licenses held:
○ Licensed marriage and family clinician

● Ages of population served: 3 years and older

● Genders Served:
○ Male
○ Female
○ Self-Identified gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgendered

● Types of Services offered:
○ Individuals, couples, family therapy
○ Family Support for sexually problematic/offense behavior
○ Evidence based individual therapy (e.g., CBT for anxiety, depression, or
trauma)
○ Evidence Based family therapy (e.g., Functional Family Therapy)

● Experience with Specialized Populations:
○ Mild Mental Retardation or developmental disability in the PDD/Autism Spectrum
○ Adolescent emergence of major mental illness (e.g., Bipolar Disorder,
Psychotic Disorders)
○ Severe trauma population (e.g., fragile PTSD, complex trauma adaptation, dissociation)
○ Clients presenting with problematic sexual behaviors
○ Co-occurring disorder: psychiatric disability and substance abuse
○ Other

● Language Proficiencies in Group/Individual sessions:
○ English

● Residential Treatment Program: No
● Psychopharmacology Assessments Provided: No
● Onsite Access to provide Psychiatric Medication as part of services: No
● Insurance Accepted: Not currently, self pay only.
● Description of work provided and philosophy of working with this population:
My commitment to my clients, as a psychotherapist, is to listen with respectful focus to their concerns and to provide reflection, interpretation and pathways for change to support them in meeting their treatment goals. I have found that being an active listener as well as an active communicator is a powerful combination for offering this support. Currently Compass Point is seeing all clients through telehealth, online, or over the telephone.