Kelly Goodman, LCSW

Kelly Goodman is a licensed clinical social worker with 17 years as an LCSW. She offers steady, practical support for people facing stress, anxiety, grief, mood challenges, addiction, or the daily strain of parenting and relationships. Her tone is warm and direct, aimed at helping people feel understood and able to take the next step.

She began her career in community mental health and public health settings. That work included Housing First programs, intensive case management, and teaching peer counseling. She also ran chronic pain management classes and helped people access housing and benefits so they could focus on healing.

More recently she has worked with frequent emergency system users and provides mental health and risk assessments in an emergency department. She also serves as an on-call family therapist for an adolescent psychiatric unit. These roles shaped her practical approach to crisis and long-term care.

Kelly pays close attention to how trauma affects people over time. She uses attachment-based ideas to look at relationships and client-centered listening to meet people where they are. Cognitive behavioral techniques and mindfulness tools are mixed in to build everyday coping habits and change unhelpful thoughts.

Clients can expect direct problem-solving alongside emotional support. She draws on a lifetime of varied personal and professional experience, including work with houseless populations, grief, adoption and cross-cultural life events. She welcomes a conversation to see if her style fits your needs.

How her approaches translate to online care

Kelly commonly uses attachment-based and client-centered ways of working. Attachment-based work looks at how relationships shape feelings and behavior and can help when past patterns make current connections hard. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening, validation, and helping people find their own solutions in everyday life. Cognitive behavioral therapy adds concrete exercises to notice and change unhelpful thoughts and habits, which is useful for anxiety, depression, and stress management.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has helped in the past. From there she tailors a mix of listening, practical skill-building, and gentle challenge to fit what the client needs.

The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm current online options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into busy lives, shorten travel time, and allow for regular check-ins that build everyday habits. It also lets therapists use mindfulness exercises, thought-record tools, and problem-solving tasks that translate well to remote sessions.