About Maria
Maria Serrano is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas with 15 years of clinical experience. She helps people handle stress, anxiety, depression, relationship problems, parenting strain, and self-esteem concerns. She offers therapy in both English and Spanish and draws on a mix of practical approaches to meet each person where they are.
Maria focuses on helping clients reconnect with themselves and others. She works to identify patterns that get in the way of daily life and to find steps that feel doable.
Background and approach
Sessions are straightforward and aimed at small changes that add up over time. Her approach combines Client-Centered listening with techniques from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Internal Family Systems. That means she listens first, helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, and explores how different parts of a person relate to one another.
She also uses Solution-Focused ideas to highlight strengths and build on what already works. In practice Maria keeps sessions compassionate and practical. She encourages people to try simple experiments between meetings and to bring real-life problems into the room.
The focus is on clear goals and measurable steps rather than jargon. Maria’s background includes clinical work in both Mexico and Texas. That experience informs her Spanish-language work and her sensitivity to cultural context.
She aims to create a calm space where people can try new ways of coping and feel supported while they change.
Therapeutic approaches and online options
Maria blends Client-Centered Therapy with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to offer a practical, people-focused approach. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening and understanding each person’s experience so goals emerge from their values. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at thoughts and behaviors to identify small, testable changes that reduce anxiety and stress.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Maria will talk with each person about their goals, try different techniques, and adjust the plan based on what feels helpful. Therapy often mixes listening with concrete tools so work can happen both in sessions and between meetings.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which makes therapy flexible for different needs. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when bandwidth and time permit. Phone sessions can be shorter check-ins or work better when video isn’t needed. Live chat and text messaging make it easier to share notes, check in between sessions, or fit support into a busy day. These options help people keep continuity of care while managing work, family, and other responsibilities.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English, Spanish
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