Miranda Serra, LCSW

Licensed in Texas · 10 years in practice

Miranda Serra is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) practicing in Texas with ten years of experience.

License and registration

LCSW, Texas: 58630 · expires June 2027
NPI: 1043636830 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 10
Languages: English

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About Miranda

Miranda Serra is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) practicing in Texas with ten years of experience. She focuses on practical help for everyday struggles like anxiety, depression, grief, parenting stress, and life transitions. Miranda emphasizes clear steps and steady support during hard moments.

Miranda uses straightforward listening first. She wants to understand the problem from the client's view before suggesting changes. Sessions emphasize goals that matter to the client and small, usable tools to make progress between meetings.

Background and approach

Her work draws on several common approaches. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people notice patterns of thought and behavior that keep problems happening. Mindfulness techniques teach simple ways to calm the body and steady attention when stress or anger rise.

Motivational Interviewing focuses on what matters most to the client and helps build the motivation to act. Miranda also helps with practical life issues such as career shifts, caregiving stress, adoption and foster care concerns, and chronic illness challenges. She supports people dealing with addictions, relationship or communication problems, body image, and complicated grief.

Clients looking to set goals or manage mood swings can expect a direct, goal-focused approach. Sessions are offered in English and can be scheduled to fit varied routines. Miranda frames therapy as a collaborative process and works with each person to choose approaches that fit their goals and daily life.

She acknowledges that reaching out is hard and aims to provide steady, respectful guidance.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Miranda lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Stress, Anxiety
Self esteem
Addictions
LGBT
Relationship issues
Family conflicts
Trauma and abuse
Grief
Parenting issues
Anger management
Career difficulties
Bipolar disorder
Depression
Coping with life changes
Coaching
Compassion fatigue
ADHD
Adoption and foster care
Aging and geriatric issues
Antisocial personality
Avoidant personality
Blended family issues
Body image
Cancer
Caregiver issues and stress
Codependency
Commitment issues
Communication problems
Control issues
Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
Dependent personality
Domestic violence
Drug and alcohol addiction
Emptiness
Family of origin issues
Family problems
Fatherhood issues
Fertility issues
Forgiveness
Guilt and shame
Hospice and end-of-life counseling
Immigration issues
Impulsivity
Isolation / loneliness
Life purpose
Men's issues
Midlife crisis
Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
Panic disorder and panic attacks
Phobias
Postpartum depression
Post-traumatic stress
Pregnancy and childbirth
Self-love
Sexual assault and abuse
Social anxiety and phobia
Trichotillomania
Women's issues
Workplace issues
Young adult issues

Approaches Miranda names

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Online support

Approaches that guide online sessions

Miranda commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Mindfulness Therapy in online work. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people spot and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and is useful for anxiety, depression, and anger. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing skills to reduce reactivity and increase calm during stressful moments.

She also draws on Motivational Interviewing to help people clarify what they really want and build steps toward change. That approach is practical for addictions, goal-setting, and making lasting behavior shifts. Choosing the right mix of methods is a collaborative process. Miranda will talk with each person about goals and preferences, then try approaches that fit those needs and adjust as progress is seen.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation when that helps connection. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging are useful for quick check-ins, brief coaching, or ongoing support between longer meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and different life situations.

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Questions people ask

What kinds of concerns does Miranda help with?

She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, parenting strain, addictions, relationship and communication problems, and many life transitions.

What is her therapy style like?

Her style is collaborative and goal-focused. She listens first, then suggests practical tools clients can use between sessions.

How much experience does she have?

Miranda has ten years of clinical experience working with a broad range of concerns, including caregiving stress and trauma-related issues.

What are her credentials and where is she based?

She is a licensed clinical social worker, LCSW, licensed in Texas and practicing from that region.

Which languages are supported for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English and she also accepts international clients.

What session formats are available?

Sessions can be delivered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to match different needs.

How does payment and cost work?

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

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