Keona Serrano

Keona Serrano is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in New York. She draws on 14 years of experience to help people manage stress, anxiety, addictions, anger, and low self-esteem. Keona believes people already carry strengths that can help them move toward change, and she offers steady support while they take those first steps.

Her approach centers on listening and building on each person’s own goals. She uses client-centered work to follow what matters most to the person in the room. Mindfulness techniques are offered to help with overwhelming feelings and to develop everyday coping skills. Motivational interviewing is used when people are trying to make changes around substance use, habits, or life choices.

Keona often helps with career stress, relationship and intimacy-related concerns, grief, and trauma and abuse. She also works with body image, eating and food-related issues, compassion fatigue, and a range of family-of-origin or family problems. Additional focus areas include attachment and abandonment concerns, blended family issues, caregiver stress, and fertility-related stress.

Sessions are conducted in English and Keona does not take international clients. Costs vary with location and a subscription model is used for sessions that can be canceled at any time. To get started, a prospective client selects the Start Therapy button, completes a short matching questionnaire, and schedules according to therapist availability.

How Keona’s approaches translate to online care

Keona uses client-centered therapy to follow what matters most to each person, listening carefully and shaping sessions around individual goals. This approach helps people who feel stuck or unsure where to begin and keeps the focus on practical next steps.

Mindfulness Therapy is offered to teach simple skills for managing strong emotions and reducing reactivity. Practices are brief and built into everyday routines so people can try them between sessions and notice small changes over time.

Motivational Interviewing supports people who want to change habits like substance use or patterns that drain them. It emphasizes small, achievable steps and helps build internal motivation rather than relying on pressure or quick fixes.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Keona will work with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences, and she will adapt the plan as needs change.

Session formats are not specified in the profile, so confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit regular sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow brief check-ins during a workday or between obligations. It can also let people practice new skills in the contexts where they happen and then bring observations back to sessions for discussion.