Eye 2 Eye Counseling Center
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Meet The Team
Debbie Pilzer
Doctor of Marriage and Family Therapy
Licensed Professional Counselor
AAMFT Approved Supervisor
Executive Director/ Clinical Director
Her Story
Counseling is her 2nd career! As a former 27 year Corporate Recruiter for Fortune 100 companies, she learned the importance of listening to the needs of others. In 2010, her life transitioned due to economic downturn and she found herself seeking a new career. She enrolled in graduate school at the age of 45 and thus began her journey becoming a counselor. Graduating in 2014, she learned that she absolutely love working with couples, individuals and families. When it comes to finding the meaning of relationships with self and others, this work is her passion and wants to help YOU empower yourself and your relationships!
Helping You Move Forward
Beliefs: Debbie believes that authentic connection sits at the heart of a healthy relationship. She teaches individuals, couples, and families how to navigate the push and pull of trust, intimacy, communication and engagement. Should you in a relationship where communication and intimacy have fallen away? Are you an individual recovering from relational emotional abuse? Are you simply seeking a more content relationship with yourself? Debbie will walk your therapeutic journey with you and together work to build a better and clearer path.
Approach: Debbie feels that good therapy involves her ability to support clients to find their voice. For all clients, Debbie teaches how to get in touch with their unique self. She creates an environment where each person learns to listen, empathize and validate other's perspectives. Debbie's non-judgmental approach welcomes clients with sensitive issues related to sexuality, open relationships, betrayal, as well as the LGBTQIA community. She is also passionate about leading a mindful life, both personally and in her work with her clients.
Schooling: Debbie holds a Doctor of Marriage and Family Therapy Degree from National University, Masters of Science degree from Capella University and is professionally trained in the Gottman Method, level 1 & 2, an evidenced-based treatment modality for treating couples. For individuals, Debbie specializes in how to have a healthy relationship with oneself. Debbie has received training in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioral therapy (DBT), and Internal Family Systems Therapy (IFS). Debbie is currently taking certification training in RLT (Relational live Therapy).
Skills: Debbie is an Approved Clinical Supervisor through the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapists and offers clinical consultation and Clinical Supervision for those Fully Licensed as well as those seeking Licensure. She does this in a caring and reflective way that is focused on looking at all cases from a systemic approach.
Debbie is a Licensed Professional Counselor in the state of NJ and has been a practicing Therapist since 2015.
In her spare time,
Debbie is a Ballroom dancer and competes in many national competitions and has won multiple top student awards
Penny Sehas
Senior Associate Therapist
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapy
Her Story
Counseling is also her 2nd career! Before becoming a therapist, she spent over 20 years as a teacher, working closely with adolescents and their families. This work strengthened her skills in empathy, active listening, flexibility, and creating safe, culturally responsive environments. Her personal experience as a caregiver for her parents further nurtured her capacity for compassion, patience, and advocacy. Penny is training in EFT (Emotionally Focused Therapy), and CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy)
For Penny, becoming a therapist was a natural evolution of her lifelong commitment to service. She is passionate about helping individuals, couples, and families cultivate growth, healing, and connection—one conversation at a time.
Strengths: One of Penny’s strengths is supporting clients who struggle with emotional awareness and connection. Together, she and her clients explore internal experiences in a way that fosters emotional clarity and deeper self-understanding.
Approach: Penny is committed to inclusive care and works with culturally diverse clients, including members of the LGBTQ+ community. She creates a space where clients feel seen, empowered, and supported in exploring new perspectives and making meaningful change.
Penny earned her Master’s degree in Marriage and Family Therapy from Capella University.
Specializations: Penny is an LAMFT who specializes in working with couples, families, and individuals navigating life transitions and challenges. Using a systemic approach, her work considers how people are shaped by the larger systems around them: family, culture, community, and lived experiences. Through this lens, Penny helps clients explore how past traumas influence present-day challenges.
Tony Watts
Vision Strategist
Life Coach CPC, ELI-MP, CFEI, ACC
Our past does not define us. Our circumstances do not define us. We can choose happiness by making a conscious decision to push past what may be suppressing us and see only learning experiences and opportunities for growth.” -Tony Watts
His Story
Over the years, Tony has discovered a passion for gaining mental clarity and purpose. Through personal experience, observations, and conversations with others who have questioned their purpose, it was then that he realized there is a real need for mindset and motivational coaching. It was through his extensive training, self-reflection, and witnessing the transformation of himself and others that Tony realized and believed that the answers that we seek lie within us all.
We are capable of self-discovery, accomplishing our goals, living out our values, and pushing the boundaries or limits that we have set for ourselves to live a fulfilling life. The concept behind Red Cape Coaching is that we all wear a cape. We are our own heroes. The coach’s function is simply to assist the client in discovering their own answers.
We tend to make decisions based on past experiences and our interpretations of those experiences, influences from family members and friends, and ultimately society. Oftentimes, we are not aware of these influences. We tend to live our lives based on what is seen as acceptable by others.
Prior to coming to Eye to Eye Counseling, Tony created Red Cape Coaching because he wanted to challenge people’s thinking and perception of their world. Limiting or irrational beliefs, assumptions, interpretations, and outside influences keep us from achieving our goals, aligning our actions with our values, and living on purpose. By challenging an individual, reframing their thought process or outlook on life circumstances, accountability, motivating and creating a realistic, sustainable plan, a person can achieve whatever they desire.
Who: Tony Watts -Vision Strategist and Certified Life Coach, a Certified Mindset, Motivational & Life Purpose Coach who graduated from one of the most prestigious, well-recognized institutions in coaching, the Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching (iPEC). He also holds an Associate Certified Coach standing with the International Coach Federation.
Approach: Tony's approach is thru Mindset & Motivation Coaching. Tony has discovered a passion for gaining mental clarity and purpose. Through personal experience, observations, and conversations with others who have questioned their purpose, it was then that he realized there is a real need for mindset and motivational coaching. It was through his extensive training, self-reflection, and witnessing the transformation of himself and others that Tony realized and believed that the answers that we seek lie within us all.
Modalities:
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Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy
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7 Energy Levels (Energy Leadership Index)
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Positive Psychology
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Motivational Interviewing
Believes: Tony created Red Cape Coaching because he wanted to challenge people’s thinking and perception of their world. Limiting irrational beliefs, assumptions, interpretations, and outside influences that keep us from achieving our goals. He wants to help people align their actions with their values and start living on purpose. Through challenging an individual, reframing their thought process or outlook on life circumstances, accountability, motivation, and creating a realistic, sustainable plan, a person can achieve whatever they desire.
Motto: Our past does not define us. Our circumstances do not define us. We can choose happiness by making a conscious decision to push past what may be suppressing us and see only learning experiences and opportunities for growth.
Victoria "Tori" Boothroyd
Therapist Intern
MFT Capella University
Her Story
Victoria’s journey to becoming a therapist has been anything but traditional, and she believes that the experiences we gather along the way help shape how we understand ourselves and connect with others. Before entering the mental health field, Victoria built a career in Hollywood as a makeup artist and later worked in hospitality, weddings, and event design. No matter the setting, she found herself drawn to the same thing: people. Their stories, relationships, challenges, and the unique ways they connect ultimately inspired her path toward Marriage and Family Therapy.
Who: Victoria "Tori" Boothroyd - Therapist Intern is currently completing her Master’s degree in Marriage and Family Therapy at Capella University. She is especially interested in supporting couples and individuals navigating communication challenges, intimacy, grief, family dynamics, recurring relationship patterns, and significant life transitions.
Approach: Victoria brings a warm, curious, honest, and down-to-earth presence to therapy. She views the therapeutic relationship as a partnership and works to create a comfortable, collaborative environment where clients can speak openly, explore difficult experiences, and show up as themselves without fear of judgment.
Believes: Victoria believes people deserve a space where they feel heard, understood, and accepted. She believes meaningful change begins with curiosity and honest conversation, and that therapy does not have to feel clinical or intimidating. Instead, it can be a supportive space to gain insight, strengthen relationships, understand patterns, and discover new ways of moving through life.
Outside of therapy: Victoria enjoys horseback riding, traveling, reading, creative projects, and spending time with her family and dogs.