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Cira Kelley

Experienced LCSW guiding practical personal growth

LCSW New York

Experience
25 years in practice
Focus areas
Stress, Anxiety, Family, Parenting
Approaches
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Attachment-Based Therapy
Languages
English
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About Cira

Cira Kelley is a licensed clinical social worker in New York who welcomes people looking for practical tools and steady support when life feels overwhelming.

Background and approach

With 25 years of experience, she often helps clients manage stress and anxiety, navigate family and relationship challenges, and work through grief, trauma, and changes in identity. Her practice also addresses concerns such as self-esteem, ADHD-related struggles, parenting and blended family issues, communication and intimacy difficulties, and caregiver fatigue.

Her style blends evidence-informed methods with a warm, client-centered stance that honors each person’s history and strengths. Cira draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to help clients identify and shift unhelpful patterns, attachment-informed work to explore relational dynamics, and mindfulness and emotionally-focused strategies to process feelings and rebuild connection.

She aims to collaborate with clients on realistic goals and practical skills while attending closely to emotional experience and family of origin themes. Licensed as an LCSW in New York (NY LCSW 096756), she offers sessions in English through a range of online formats.

Prospective clients can expect a respectful, paced approach that focuses on concrete coping strategies alongside deeper relational and identity work.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online care



Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying thoughts and behaviors that maintain distress and teaching concrete skills to shift those patterns. It is often helpful for anxiety, depression, stress management, and building problem-solving strategies. Attachment-Based Therapy explores how early relationships shape expectations and patterns in current relationships, offering ways to understand and revise relational dynamics and intimacy struggles.

Finding the right approach is part of the work itself. Cira will collaborate with clients to determine which combination of methods fits their goals and preferences, adapting interventions as progress unfolds. That collaborative process helps ensure therapy addresses both immediate coping needs and deeper relational or identity concerns.

Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility for busy schedules and varied comfort levels. These options make it possible to maintain continuity of care when travel, work, or caregiving responsibilities make in-person visits difficult, while still allowing therapists to teach skills, review patterns, and process emotions effectively.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Cira commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy issues, anger, and coping with life changes, as well as family and parenting challenges and related topics.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her approach is collaborative and client-centered, combining compassionate listening with practical strategies from cognitive behavioral, attachment-based, mindfulness, and emotionally-focused methods.
What is her clinical background and experience?
She is a licensed clinical social worker with 25 years of experience supporting clients through complex personal and family issues.
Where is she licensed and practicing?
She is licensed in New York as an LCSW with license number NY LCSW 096756 and conducts sessions from that location.
Does she offer services in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English only, and she is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are available for working together?
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different communication preferences.
How are fees and payment handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What is the process for getting started?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling according to the therapist's availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyFamily conflictsParenting issuesSelf esteemADHD

Also works with

Relationship issuesTrauma and abuseGriefIntimacy-related issuesAnger managementDepressionCoping with life changesCoachingCompassion fatigue

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAttachment issuesAvoidant personalityBlended family issuesBody imageCaregiver issues and stressCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesDependent personalityDivorce and separationDomestic violenceEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesFirst responder issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameImpulsivityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMen's issuesMidlife crisisMoney and financial issuesMulticultural concernsNarcissismPanic disorder and panic attacksPost-traumatic stressSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-loveSocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Mindfulness TherapyNarrative TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems

Experience

25+ years

Licensed

New York

Languages

English