Norma Deering

Norma Deering is a licensed clinical social worker with 24 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and life changes. She works in Texas and offers counseling in English and Spanish. Norma aims to create a respectful and compassionate space where people can talk about what matters most to them.

Norma uses straightforward conversation to find practical ways forward. She helps with job-related stress, motivation, and job-seeking strategies. She also supports people coping with chronic illness, recent accidents, disability, and the emotional strain of caregiving for loved ones with cancer, dementia, or Alzheimer’s.

She assists people facing grief, relationship and intimacy concerns, self-esteem challenges, and issues linked to addiction or codependency. Norma also works with those experiencing compassion fatigue and burnout from caregiving roles. She includes attention to attachment, abandonment, blended family dynamics, and communication problems when these issues come up.

Her approach draws on several evidence-informed methods. Norma adapts tools from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Emotionally-Focused Therapy, and client-centered work to suit each person’s needs. She explains options clearly and tailors the plan to the person sitting across from her.

Norma welcomes conversations about anxiety connected to social and political events, and she offers sessions in Spanish when preferred. She encourages taking the small first step of clicking Start Therapy to begin the matching and scheduling process.

How her approaches translate to online work

Norma blends practical therapy methods that fit well into remote sessions. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying values and taking small, meaningful actions even when feelings are hard. It helps with anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at thoughts and behaviors to reduce distress and teach coping skills for problems like sleep trouble, anger, and anxiety. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people name and process strong emotions to improve how they relate to themselves and others.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Norma will discuss goals, personal preferences, and real-life constraints to figure out what methods to use. She adjusts pace and techniques over time so the work matches what the person needs in the moment.

Session formats are not specified here, so please confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. It also lets people access a therapist who speaks Spanish and who has experience with caregiving stress, chronic illness, grief, and end-of-life concerns without rearranging a full day.