Works with
How Norma works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Texas
- Years in practice
- 24
- Languages
- English, Spanish
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Norma
Norma Deering is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 24 years of experience. She uses a respectful, down-to-earth approach to help people manage stress, anxiety, anger, depression, and self-esteem struggles. Norma offers counseling in English and Spanish and meets people where they are in their lives.
She focuses on practical skills for day-to-day challenges. That can mean practicing new ways to handle overwhelming emotions, building motivation for job searches, or learning tools to sleep better.
Background and approach
Norma also supports people coping with grief, trauma, and intimacy-related concerns. Norma works with those facing caregiving strain and chronic illness. She helps caregivers who feel burned out from caring for a loved one with cancer, dementia, or other long-term conditions.
She also supports people who are adapting after an accident or a new disability and are struggling with anxiety or depression. Her style is collaborative and person-centered. Conversations shape the plan, and interventions come from evidence-based approaches when they fit the client’s needs.
That can include focusing on thoughts and behaviors, managing intense emotions, or clarifying values and acceptance. Norma pays attention to life transitions and identity matters, including LGBT concerns and issues around adoption or attachment. She also addresses workplace stress and career-related motivation.
Taking the first step can feel hard, and Norma aims to offer steady, compassionate support through that process.
What Norma works with
Everything Norma lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Norma's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Compassion fatigue
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Norma lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on clarifying what matters most and taking small steps toward those values while learning to live with difficult thoughts and feelings. It can help with anxiety, depression, anger, and life transitions by shifting attention to meaningful action.Client-Centered Therapy centers the conversation on the person's experience and priorities. The therapist listens without judgment and helps people find their own solutions, which suits concerns like self-esteem, identity, and relationship issues.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behavior and teaches practical tools to change unhelpful patterns. It often helps with sleep problems, anxiety, anger, and coping with stressful situations.
Choosing the right approach is a team effort. Norma will work with each person to decide which methods fit their goals, needs, and preferences. That collaborative process can include trying techniques from different approaches and adjusting the plan as progress is made.
Online sessions offer flexibility for busy lives. Video calls let people have a face-to-face conversation from wherever they are. Phone sessions can be a simpler option when bandwidth is limited or a quicker check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging work well for brief reflections, between-session support, or when writing feels easier than talking. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or other routines.
Questions people ask about Norma
What concerns does Norma commonly address?
She helps with stress, anxiety, anger, depression, self-esteem, relationship and intimacy-related issues, grief, trauma, addictions, and career or life-change challenges.
What is Norma's therapeutic style?
Her approach is collaborative and person-centered, using practical techniques to manage emotions and change unhelpful habits while honoring each person’s goals.
How much experience does she have?
Norma has 24 years of professional experience working with a wide range of concerns, including caregiver stress and adjustment after injury or illness.
Where is Norma licensed and based?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in Texas and provides services from that region.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish.
What session formats are available?
Norma offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and preferences.
How are fees handled?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.