Kelly Goodman, LCSW

Kelly Goodman is an LCSW who offers calm, practical support for people facing health challenges and life transitions. She helps individuals manage stress, grief, anxiety, depression, and the impacts of chronic illness or caregiving. Her style is straightforward and compassionate, aimed at making daily life more manageable.

She draws on 17 years as a licensed clinical social worker and three decades in social work overall. Much of that time was spent in community mental health and public health settings. She has worked with people experiencing homelessness, chronic pain, and serious medical conditions, and has run classes in pain management and peer counseling.

Kelly prioritizes meeting basic needs first, because practical stability often comes before emotional work. She has experience helping people access housing resources and public benefits while also offering advocacy and emotional support. More recently she provides mental health and risk assessments in an emergency department and serves as on-call family therapist in an adolescent psychiatric unit.

Her approach combines attachment-focused listening, client-centered conversation, and practical cognitive behavioral tools. She also uses mindfulness techniques and motivational interviewing to support change. Sessions typically focus on concrete skills, clearer communication, and coping strategies that fit daily life.

Kelly’s background includes personal experiences with loss, adoption, caregiving, and cross-cultural family life. She says these experiences shape her understanding of trauma and resilience. People who want direct, experienced help with health-related stress or life changes may find her approach useful.

How her approaches guide online work

Kelly uses attachment-based listening to notice patterns in relationships and connection. This approach helps people understand how past connections shape current stress, grief, and intimacy issues. Client-centered therapy is also central; sessions follow the person's concerns and pace, with the therapist listening and reflecting to help clients find their own solutions.

She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and test small behavior changes. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, and coping with health challenges because it focuses on practical steps that can change daily routines and reduce distress. These approaches are used together so tools match the person's needs rather than fitting everyone into one method.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with clients to set goals, try methods, and adjust as needed. That partnership helps people choose techniques that fit their life, energy, and priorities.

The biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm available options before booking. In general, online work can make it easier to fit therapy into busy days, cut travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. It can also let someone join a session during a break, after an appointment, or from a place with fewer distractions, depending on the agreed format.