Deborah Gonzalez-Wahl, LPC, ACS
During Seasonal Depression Awareness Month, the Committee on Women in Medicine and Science (COWIMS) is featuring Debby Gonzalez-Wahl, LPC, ACS, an embedded psychotherapist for School of Medicine students, as the COWIMS Woman of the Month for December.
Gonzalez-Wahl is a licensed professional counselor, approved counseling supervisor and psychotherapist at UVA’s Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS), who provides emotional support, guidance and therapeutic interventions to those navigating the complexities of mental health. Her clinical areas of interest include group counseling, identity struggles and integration of healthy boundaries, existential crises (processing death, meaning, and purpose), as well as family and cultural dynamics that play a role in one’s self-identity. Gonzalez-Wahl joined the SOM in August 2023 and has already made an impact by supporting our students, individually and as a community.