About Serena
Serena Flores is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Texas. She has spent ten years helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and self-esteem concerns. Her style is direct but warm, aiming to make therapy feel understandable and practical for daily life.
Serena focuses on concrete steps people can take to feel steadier. Sessions often include skill-building for mood regulation, ways to handle social anxiety, and strategies to manage attention and focus.
Background and approach
She uses plain language and meets clients where they are without jargon. She works from a trauma-informed stance that recognizes how past events shape current behavior. That perspective shapes how she helps people process difficult memories and reduce their hold on day-to-day life.
Serena also places emphasis on self-love and rebuilding a sense of personal worth. Her background includes a decade of clinical experience in Texas and practice with a range of mood-related concerns. She blends practical coping tools with guided reflection so people learn both immediate ways to feel better and longer-term habits that support growth.
Serena aims to partner with clients on realistic goals. Typical work includes reducing overwhelm, improving self-esteem, and creating routines that support emotional stability. She encourages straightforward talk and small steps that add up over time.
Evidence-based approaches and online care
Serena uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change and emotional understanding. One common approach helps people learn skills to manage anxiety and mood swings, such as breathing exercises, activity planning, and strategies to challenge unhelpful thoughts. These techniques are useful for everyday stress, social anxiety, and depressive symptoms.Another approach centers on trauma-informed work, which guides people through understanding how past events affect current reactions and relationships. This method emphasizes safety, pacing, and building skills to tolerate strong emotions while creating new ways of responding.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Serena will talk with clients about their goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't helped before. Then she tailors techniques and pacing to match each person’s needs so the plan feels realistic and relevant.
Online therapy offers practical benefits for busy lives. Video calls let clients maintain face-to-face contact when helpful. Phone sessions can be easier when eyesight or bandwidth are concerns. Live chat and text messaging allow for shorter check-ins and flexible communication between sessions. These options help people fit therapy into work, school, or family routines while working with a licensed professional.
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Also listed
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English