Miranda Shumate, LCSW, CSW

Miranda Shumate is a licensed clinical social worker with ten years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, and low self-esteem. She works with individuals who are coping with major life changes and the heavy feelings that come with them. Miranda aims to make first steps feel manageable and practical for a worried parent or anyone feeling overwhelmed.

She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. Miranda also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to build values-based action and Attachment-Based ideas to address relational wounds. Sessions focus on clear tools and small, doable steps rather than long lectures.

Her style is warm and down-to-earth. She listens first, then helps clients set goals and try specific skills between sessions. That can mean practicing breathing and grounding techniques, testing a different way of thinking, or building routines that reduce stress.

Miranda has worked in community mental health, crisis intervention, and private practice settings. She holds LCSW and CSW credentials and practices in Colorado. All work is offered in English and is shaped around each person’s life and needs.

For many people she helps, the process is steady and straightforward: identify what’s hardest, try a small change, notice the result, and adjust. She encourages people to bring real-life concerns to sessions and aims to make therapy useful for day-to-day living.

How these approaches translate to online sessions

CBT helps people spot automatic thoughts and try different actions to change how they feel. In an online session this can include setting small experiments, practicing new responses, and reviewing progress together. ACT focuses on values and committed action, helping people accept difficult feelings while moving toward what matters; online work often uses real-life homework and brief in-session exercises to build those habits. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how past relationships affect current trust and closeness, and sessions can include discussing relationship patterns and trying new ways of connecting with others.

Finding the right approach is a joint process. Miranda will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences, and she adjusts plans as needed. Clients are encouraged to give feedback about what helps and what feels hard so the work stays practical and relevant.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls let people work face-to-face when visual cues matter, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text messaging provide shorter check-ins or ongoing support between appointments. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into busy days and keep momentum between sessions.