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Online therapist

Miranda Kolde

Support focused on practical family and life challenges

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Credentials
LCSW
Experience
7 years
Licensed in
Indiana
Languages
English
Format
Online sessions

About Miranda

Miranda Kolde is a licensed clinical social worker with seven years of experience helping people navigate stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, and parenting concerns. She also supports those facing trauma, relationship and intimacy challenges, grief, anger, self-esteem struggles, and life transitions. Miranda writes plainly and listens closely to understand what matters most to each person.

She uses a client-centered, strengths-based style. That means she notices what already works for someone and builds on those skills.

Background and approach

Sessions focus on practical steps and clear goals, not jargon. Miranda aims to move at each person’s pace and avoid rushing change. Her background includes community mental health work.

There she learned to spot urgent needs quickly and put together collaborative care plans with clients. That experience shaped how she balances immediate safety with longer-term growth. Miranda has particular experience with domestic violence work, including work with people who have been abusive and with partners dealing with communication and boundary problems.

She pays close attention to safety and to how relationships function in daily life. In sessions she blends approaches such as acceptance and commitment strategies, cognitive behavioral tools, dialectical skills, and client-centered listening. She also offers hypnotherapy when it fits a person’s goals.

Miranda tailors methods to fit what a person wants to change and what feels doable for them.

How Miranda’s approaches translate to online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then choose actions that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, stress, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks down unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns and teaches practical skills to change them. CBT is often helpful for depression, anxiety, and problem-solving around relationships.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Miranda collaborates with each client to decide which methods fit their goals and comfort level. She may combine ACT, CBT, dialectical skills, and client-centered listening based on what seems most helpful for the person in front of her.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Miranda provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which can make it easier to fit sessions into busy family schedules. These options let people keep momentum between sessions and choose how they want to communicate as they work toward their goals.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

Less about arguing with difficult thoughts, more about loosening their grip and acting on what matters to you anyway. Values and committed action carry the work, which suits conversation at a distance.

Client-Centered Therapy

The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Miranda work with?
She supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, trauma and abuse, parenting, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, anger, self-esteem, career questions, bipolar concerns, and coping with life changes.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is client-centered and strengths-based. She focuses on practical steps and moves at each person’s pace while building on existing strengths.
What experience does she bring?
She has seven years of therapy experience and a background in community mental health, where she learned to identify immediate needs and develop collaborative care plans.
What are her credentials and where is she located?
She holds an LCSW - licensed clinical social worker - with license number IN LCSW 34008801A and practices in Indiana.
Which languages are supported and can she work with international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
How can sessions be conducted?
Sessions are available by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to start therapy?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability.

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Experience
7 years
Licensed
Indiana
Languages
English

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