Kelly Goodman, LCSW
Practical, compassionate support for midlife transitions
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- Practical problem solving
- Trauma-informed listening
- Mindfulness and skills
About Kelly
Kelly's background is in community mental health and public health. She has worked in housing-first programs, intensive case management, assertive community treatment, and a federally qualified health clinic serving people experiencing houselessness. Those roles taught her to prioritize meeting basic needs before deeper healing can begin, so advocacy and pragmatic problem solving are part of her approach.
She has also run chronic pain management classes, managed medical respite beds, and taught peer counseling. More recently she provides mental health and risk assessments in an emergency department and serves as an on-call family therapist on an adolescent psychiatric unit. This range of settings shaped her focus on trauma, grief, and coping with major life transitions such as aging, adoption, or serious illness.
In sessions she blends attachment-based ideas, client-centered listening, and cognitive behavioral tools. She uses mindfulness and motivational interviewing to help people notice patterns and try new behaviors. The goal is to make strategies that fit each person's day-to-day life, not to add more pressure.
Kelly draws on long personal experience with loss, adoption, interracial relationships, caregiving, and social justice work. She believes people have an innate capacity to heal and that steady, nonjudgmental support can help them move forward.
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Experience
17+ years
Credentials
Oregon
Languages
English
How Kelly’s approaches translate to online care
Kelly uses attachment-based ideas to notice how relationships shape current patterns and to rebuild safer ways of relating. This approach helps when past hurts affect present connections and self-worth.She also draws on cognitive behavioral therapy to spot unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors. CBT offers clear, step-by-step ways to reduce anxiety, lift mood, and manage stress in daily life.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Kelly will work with each person to choose methods that match their goals and preferences, adjusting tools as progress is made. Clients and therapist set the pace together so the work feels manageable.
Confirm current online session options before booking to know what formats are available. Online therapy can make it easier to fit care into a busy schedule, shorten travel time, and allow for brief check-ins during a workday. It also makes it simpler to continue sessions after a move or a life change, while keeping the focus on practical steps and coping strategies that transfer to everyday life.
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns can Kelly help with?
Kelly works with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, bipolar disorder, addictions, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, career strain, midlife changes, ADHD, relationship and intimacy issues, and related concerns.
What is her therapeutic style like?
She uses a blend of client-centered listening, attachment-based perspectives, cognitive behavioral techniques, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing to build practical tools and clearer thinking.
What experience does she bring to sessions?
Kelly has 30 years in social work and has been a licensed clinical social worker for 17 years, with experience in community mental health, public health, emergency departments, and adolescent psychiatric care.
Where is she based and what credential does she hold?
She practices in Oregon and holds an LCSW, which stands for Licensed Clinical Social Worker.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the US work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted; she works with clients within her licensure and jurisdictional limits.
How are fees and payment handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling according to the therapist's availability.