Etta "Serena" Faison

Etta "Serena" Faison is a licensed clinical social worker in North Carolina with 14 years of professional experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, mood disorders, addictions, grief, anger, and life transitions. She invites clients to take the first step toward change and offers steady support along the way.

She approaches therapy with respect for each person’s story and strengths. Etta uses straightforward, collaborative conversations to uncover what matters most to a person and what gets in the way of living that value. Sessions focus on practical tools and small, doable steps that fit into everyday life.

Her work draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, cognitive behavioral ideas, mindfulness practices, and a client-centered stance. That means she pays attention to thoughts, behaviors, and values while staying present and curious in the room. She also brings existential perspectives when people are sorting big questions about meaning and direction.

People often come to address relationship strain, parenting stress, career uncertainty, body image, caregiving burden, trauma, and problems with impulse control. Etta breaks issues into manageable parts and helps clients try experiments between sessions to see what works.

Her goal is to empower people to use their existing strengths and learn new skills to reduce suffering and build more satisfying days. To begin, she asks questions that help match goals to practical strategies and supports clients as they try those strategies in their daily lives.

How therapeutic approaches guide online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying values and taking small committed actions toward them while learning to live with difficult thoughts. It helps with anxiety, depression, anger, and life transitions by emphasizing what matters instead of only trying to change thoughts. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) targets unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns by testing assumptions and practicing new responses, which can reduce symptoms of anxiety, depression, and impulsivity. Client-Centered Therapy centers the person's own perspective, offering empathic listening and reflection to help people find their own solutions and build confidence.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will explore goals, preferences, and day-to-day realities together and adapt methods over time. Clients and the therapist decide collaboratively which strategies to try and when to shift course based on what helps.

The biography does not specify which online session formats are used, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight, and reduce travel time. Therapists can guide mindfulness practices, help plan behavioral experiments between meetings, and use ACT or CBT exercises that translate well to remote sessions. Ask about available session options and scheduling when you start the matching process.