Debra Joy Goldman, MS, LMHC
Debra Joy Goldman is a licensed psychotherapist with over 35 years of experience guiding individuals and couples through emotional healing, life transitions, and spiritual growth.
She holds a Master’s degree in counseling and completed a seven-year post-graduate certification at the American Institute for Mental Imagery, where she trained in Dream Work, Guided Imagery, and Morphology under Dr. Gerald Epstein.
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In addition to her clinical background, Debra has spent decades studying the spiritual teachings of Kabbalah, which deeply influence her understanding of the symbolic and transformative nature of dreams.
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Her approach weaves together psychological insight and spiritual depth, offering clients a grounded and integrative path to healing.
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Debra offers virtual psychotherapy sessions and leads in-person and on-line Dream Groups.Her Books: Why Dreams Matter, Imagery Changes Everything, and a Tree of Life, share teachings and stories from her years of work with Dreams, Imagery and Kabbalah — inviting readers to listen more deeply, live more consciously, and reconnect with the wisdom within.
Get to know Debra
How I Listen
Debra’s work is rooted in listening, listening to what speaks beneath words, images, and stories. She believes healing unfolds when inner wisdom is invited forward with respect, openness, and care. Her style is warm, thoughtful, and collaborative. Rather than pushing for answers, she creates space for insight to emerge naturally, allowing each person’s inner knowing to take the lead.
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How I Work
Debra approaches psychotherapy and Dream Work as a shared exploration. She guides the process with both clinical skill and intuitive insight, translating inner experience through dreams and imagery into conscious awareness and encouraging trust in one’s own inner guidance. Sessions are reflective and experiential, grounded in psychological understanding and spiritual awareness. Whether working with dreams, imagery, or life challenges, the focus is always on clarity, integration, and meaningful change.
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Dream Work as a Living Practice
Debra understands dreams as meaningful communications from an inner, invisible reality. In her work, dreams are not decoded or analyzed, but explored with openness and respect. Through shared reflection, imagery, and attention to feeling and movement within the dream, deeper understanding reveals itself, sometimes gently, sometimes powerfully.
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My Orientation and Purpose
I’ve come to understand my work as a kind of translation from the inside to the outside. I’m here to be a bridge between the visible world and the invisible one, inviting people to hear the guidance already alive within them. Dreams, imagery, and deep listening have always been natural pathways for me. Through them, I offer a space where people feel seen, understood, and supported in reconnecting with their own inner wisdom.
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An Invitation
Those drawn to my work often sense that something within them is asking to be heard, through dreams, images, or quiet inner knowing. My work offers a space to listen, reflect, and reconnect with what matters most.