About Edna
Edna Lerma is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas with 15 years of clinical experience. She helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress or anxiety and those facing low self-esteem, depression, or relationship tension. She speaks English and Spanish and works with both local and international clients.
Edna aims to make the first steps easier. She creates a calm space where people can talk about hard feelings without judgment.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on practical ways to manage symptoms and improve daily functioning. Her approach is collaborative and straightforward. She listens first, then helps people set small, attainable goals.
Conversations often include identifying unhelpful patterns and practicing new ways of coping with stress and fear. Edna draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to address problems like panic attacks, social anxiety, post-traumatic stress, and difficulties with communication. She pays attention to issues such as abandonment, control struggles, guilt and shame, and body image concerns.
People who want flexible options can meet by video call, phone, live chat, or text messaging. Edna supports clients through regular sessions delivered in formats that fit busy lives. Getting started involves a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a time that works for the client.
She emphasizes steady progress and realistic steps toward better self-care, clearer relationships, and reduced anxiety. Her style is practical, compassionate, and focused on what helps people move forward.
Approaches and how online therapy works
Edna uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques aimed at practical change. One common approach is short-term skills work that teaches breathing and grounding strategies for panic and anxiety, helping people manage immediate symptoms and reduce distress. Another is problem-focused sessions that address relationship and communication issues by identifying patterns and practicing new ways of interacting.Deciding which approach to use is a team effort. The therapist will listen to your concerns and goals, then suggest methods most likely to help. Together you can try techniques and adjust the plan if something does not feel like a good fit.
Online care is offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video lets you have a face-to-face conversation for deeper work. Phone may work well when bandwidth or camera use is difficult. Live chat and text messaging suit brief check-ins or ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, family, and travel schedules while keeping the focus on steady progress.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English, Spanish
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