Kelly Goodman, LCSW

Kelly Goodman is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 17 years of clinical practice. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, grief, depression, bipolar symptoms, and the challenges that come with major life changes. Kelly brings a calm, straightforward style and aims to offer practical tools people can use between sessions.

She has a long background in community mental health and public health settings. That work included housing-first models, intensive case management, and support for people experiencing homelessness. Kelly also taught chronic pain management and peer counseling classes, and she helped clients navigate systems like social security and medical respite programs.

More recently she has worked in emergency and adolescent psychiatric settings doing mental health and risk assessments and on-call family support. Those roles deepened her understanding of how trauma affects people across the lifespan. She says meeting basic needs often must come first before deeper healing can happen.

Kelly describes her approach as collaborative and people-centered. She uses attachment-based ideas, cognitive behavioral techniques, and mindfulness to help clients build awareness and change patterns. Motivational interviewing and solution-focused strategies often guide short-term goals and problem solving.

Her life experience informs her work. Kelly grew up in a diverse family, has experience with adoption and inter-racial relationships, and has supported loved ones through serious illness and loss. She invites people to discuss their story and to see if they might be a good fit for therapy together.

How Kelly’s approaches fit into online therapy

Kelly uses attachment-based ideas to help people understand their close relationships and how early patterns affect current behavior. This approach can help with relationship worries, attachment issues, and some types of trauma reactions.

She also draws on cognitive behavioral therapy, which looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact. CBT offers practical strategies for managing anxiety, depression, and stress through small, concrete steps.

Mindfulness is another tool she uses to help people build awareness and handle strong emotions. Simple mindfulness practices can make everyday reactions easier to notice and respond to differently.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Kelly will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful, and she will adjust methods as needed. This collaborative decision-making helps shape a plan that fits the client’s needs.

Confirm the therapist’s current session options before booking, as formats are not listed here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. It can also be helpful when quieter surroundings or lower bandwidth are needed, or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Licensed professionals can use these options to help clients continue progress without major disruptions.