Norma Deering, LCSW - Therapist in Texas

Stress and anxiety
Caregiving support
English and Spanish

About Norma

Norma Deering is a Texas licensed clinical social worker with 24 years of experience. She offers a calm, respectful approach and speaks both English and Spanish. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, and challenges tied to identity and confidence.

Norma focuses on practical steps in sessions. She helps clients with job-related anxiety, job-seeking motivation, and everyday pressure from current events. She also supports people coping with recent accidents, new disabilities, and the emotional toll of caregiving for someone with cancer, dementia, or other chronic conditions.

Her work emphasizes listening first, then shaping a plan that fits each person. Conversations cover coping skills, goal-setting, and ways to manage upsetting thoughts and feelings. She adapts her approach to what the client needs at the time.

Norma uses several therapeutic methods to guide her work. She draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Emotionally-Focused Therapy, and Client-Centered Therapy. These approaches inform practical tools for managing mood, relationships, and stress.

She also addresses a wide range of concerns such as grief, intimacy-related issues, sleep problems, anger, addiction, ADHD, and caregiving burnout. Norma tailors sessions to the individual and invites clients to set clear, achievable goals.

If Spanish is preferred, she can meet in Spanish and offer support in that language. To begin, prospective clients follow the site’s matching and scheduling steps to set up an appointment.

How Norma’s Approaches Work Online

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and then take steps toward a valued life. It is often useful for anxiety, stress, and coping with major life changes.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect and teaches concrete skills to shift unhelpful patterns. It can help with depression, sleep problems, anger, and job-related anxiety.

Finding the right approach is a shared process. Norma will talk with the client about goals and preferences, try methods that make sense for their situation, and adjust plans as progress is made. This collaborative planning helps match interventions to what the person wants to accomplish.

Confirm the available session options before booking, since formats are not specified here. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. It can also let someone continue care while managing caregiving duties or recovering from an injury. Licensed professionals tailor session length and focus to each person’s needs.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyLGBTSelf esteem Depression Compassion fatigue

Also works with

AddictionsRelationship issuesFamily conflictsTrauma and abuse GriefIntimacy-related issuesSleeping disordersAnger managementCareer difficultiesCoping with life changesCoachingADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAging and geriatric issuesAttachment issuesAvoidant personalityBlended family issuesBody imageCancerCaregiver issues and stress Chronic pain, illness, and disabilityCo-morbidityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDependent personalityDivorce and separationEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFirst responder issuesForgivenessGender dysphoriaGuilt and shameHIV / AIDSHospice and end-of-life counseling Immigration issuesIntellectual disabilityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMidlife crisisVeteran and Armed Forces Issues Money and financial issuesMulticultural concernsObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksPhobiasPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthPrejudice and discriminationSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-loveSocial anxiety and phobiaSomatizationTrichotillomaniaWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Existential TherapyMindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingSolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

24+ years

Credentials

Texas

Languages

English, Spanish

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does Norma address?

She works with stress, anxiety, depression, self-esteem, LGBT concerns, addictions, relationship and family issues, trauma, grief, sleep problems, anger, career challenges, ADHD, and caregiving burnout among other topics.

How would you describe her therapeutic style?

She listens first and then builds a plan that fits the person. Sessions focus on practical skills, coping strategies, and goal-setting.

What experience does she bring to therapy?

Norma has 24 years of professional work experience helping people with a wide range of emotional and life challenges.

Where is she licensed and based?

She is licensed as an LCSW in Texas and practices from that state.

Can sessions be conducted in other languages?

Yes, sessions are offered in English and Spanish.

Are international clients supported?

International clients are not currently accepted.

How does payment work?

Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

What are the first steps to begin working together?

Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a session according to therapist availability.