About Meredith
Meredith Bauer is a licensed clinical social worker in Texas with 15 years of experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief, depression, trauma, relationship and family concerns, sleep problems, parenting strain, ADHD, and other life changes. Meredith writes plainly and focuses on practical steps that can fit into busy lives.
She trained in social work and has spent much of her career in healthcare settings. That background shaped her work with people navigating chronic illness, hospice and end-of-life needs, caregiver strain, and aging-related concerns.
Background and approach
She also brings experience helping people with isolation, mood challenges, obsessions and compulsions, and pain or disability issues. In sessions Meredith emphasizes clear goals and short-term progress. She leans on client-centered conversations and solution-focused work to find what helps now.
Cognitive behavioral techniques are used when they suit a person’s concerns and goals. Therapy with Meredith is collaborative. She partners with each person to set priorities and try practical strategies.
Sessions aim to reduce overwhelm, improve coping, and make daily life more manageable. She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules. Sessions are conducted in English and are provided from Texas by a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW).
Therapeutic approaches you can use online
Client-centered therapy focuses on your experience and priorities. The therapist listens closely and follows your lead to help you clarify what matters and decide next steps. This approach is useful when someone needs a respectful space to make sense of feelings and choices.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at what you think and do now and tries practical ways to change patterns that cause distress. It often includes simple exercises and homework you can try between sessions to improve mood, sleep, and anxiety symptoms.
Solution-focused therapy zeroes in on small, concrete changes that can make life easier quickly. Sessions emphasize strengths and past successes to build manageable plans for immediate improvement.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, try methods that fit, and adjust plans based on what helps. That collaborative process ensures the strategies align with needs, values, and daily routines.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect using video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation, while phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text are helpful for quick check-ins or when someone prefers not to be on camera. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, and other busy schedules.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English