Debra Neal

Pathways to Empowerment, located in Overland Park, Kansas, serves Kansas City and Johnson County, offering relationship counseling for couples and individuals. Licensed therapist Debra Neal helps clients rebuild trust, improve communication, restore hope, and create deeply connected relationships through convenient, confidential sessions. The practice addresses various couple issues, including communication and conflict resolution skills, aiming to break negative communication cycles and reduce conflict. It also provides support for infidelity and betrayal recovery, offering a structured, compassionate process to help partners process pain and decide how to move forward. Challenges unique to interracial couples are also addressed, with Debra creating a safe, culturally aware space to work through these dynamics. Pathways to Empowerment provides counseling for compulsive sex and pornography use, offering shame-free, evidence-based support for individuals ready to regain control over compulsive sexual behaviors. Debra Neal brings 20 years of specialized expertise to help individuals and couples address the financial, emotional, and relational damage caused by compulsive sports betting, gambling, and gaming disorders. The practice works with couples at all stages, from newlyweds building healthy foundations to long-term partners seeking reconnection.