Kelly Goodman , LCSW

Kelly Goodman is a licensed clinical social worker who focuses on helping people navigate difficult life moments. She draws on 17 years as an LCSW and a long history in community mental health to offer steady, practical support. Her work often centers on women's issues alongside stress, anxiety, grief, mood concerns, and relationship and parenting challenges.

She listens first and helps people name the problems that matter most. Sessions emphasize concrete steps, coping skills, and restoring a sense of control. Kelly uses straightforward tools so clients can try things between visits and notice small changes over time.

Her background includes community mental health roles like Housing First, intensive case management, and assertive community treatment. She has also taught peer counseling and worked in public health and a federally qualified health clinic serving people experiencing homelessness. Those roles taught her to prioritize basic needs before deeper therapeutic work.

Kelly currently works part time in an emergency department doing mental health and risk assessments and serves as an on-call family therapist in an adolescent psychiatric unit. She has run chronic pain management groups and managed medical respite beds, giving her experience with complex medical and social situations.

Her personal life - a large diverse family, open adoption, caring for someone with long-term cancer, and attention to social and racial justice - informs her perspective. She aims to help people understand how trauma shapes them and to build practical tools for healing and everyday living.

Approaches that fit into your life online

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current feelings and patterns, and it helps people understand and change how they connect with others. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the person in the room, offering acceptance and listening while the client leads the pace and topics. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps identify unhelpful thoughts and habits and teaches concrete strategies to change them, often useful for anxiety, mood, and stress-related concerns.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Kelly will collaborate with each client to decide which combination of methods feels most helpful. She adjusts techniques based on goals, preferences, and what shows results in the first few sessions.

Online therapy formats make it easier to fit care into a busy life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be a lower-bandwidth option or a quick check-in when a longer slot won’t fit. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for short updates, ongoing support, and practicing skills between sessions. These options increase flexibility while keeping therapy focused and actionable.