Kelly Goodman

Compassionate, trauma-informed social worker

LCSW Oregon

Experience: 17 years in practice
Focus areas: Stress, Anxiety, Grief, Bipolar
Approaches: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Attachment-Based Therapy
Languages: English

About Kelly

Kelly Goodman is a licensed clinical social worker with 17 years of licensure and a long career in community mental health and public health settings.

Background and approach

She brings practical experience from work with housing-first programs, intensive case management, and outreach to people experiencing homelessness, alongside roles in medical respite care and chronic pain education. Her background also includes emergency department mental health assessments and on-call family therapy in an adolescent psychiatric unit, which informs a trauma-aware, pragmatic approach to care.

Goodman centers her practice on helping people meet immediate needs while teaching skills for longer-term healing. She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, attachment-focused work, mindfulness, motivational interviewing, and client-centered principles to help clients understand how trauma and life stressors affect thoughts, emotions, and relationships.

Her experience spans issues such as anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, addiction, compassion fatigue, relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting challenges, and coping with major life changes. Raised in a diverse family and shaped by personal experiences with loss, adoption, inter-racial marriage, caregiving, and social justice, she emphasizes compassion, advocacy, and practical problem solving.

Kelly offers a collaborative space for clients to explore goals, build coping tools, and increase their capacity to enjoy life’s complexities.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online care

Kelly integrates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Attachment-Based Therapy into online work. CBT focuses on identifying patterns of thought and behavior and teaching concrete skills to manage symptoms like anxiety, depression, and stress, often through practical exercises and goal-focused sessions. Attachment-Based Therapy explores patterns in relationships and early experiences to help clients understand emotional responses and build healthier connection strategies, which can be particularly useful for intimacy, attachment issues, and family-related concerns.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Kelly partners with clients to clarify priorities, test different techniques, and adapt strategies over time so treatment fits each person’s goals and preferences rather than following a one-size-fits-all plan. She uses feedback and real-world results to shape each person’s course of care.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, offering flexibility for varied schedules and needs. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care when life is busy or transportation is a barrier, while still allowing for skills practice, check-ins, and therapeutic conversation with a licensed professional.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Kelly commonly address?

She works with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, grief, bipolar disorder, depression, addictions, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting, ADHD, and compassion fatigue.

What is Kelly's therapeutic style and approach?

Her work blends client-centered principles with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, attachment-based perspectives, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing to combine practical skills with relational understanding.

How much clinical experience does she have?

She holds 17 years of licensure as an LCSW and brings decades of work in community mental health, public health, emergency settings, and medical respite care.

Where is Kelly licensed and based?

Kelly is an LCSW licensed in Oregon with license number OR LCSW L3559 and provides services while residing in that state.

Does she offer services in other languages or to international clients?

Her practice is conducted in English and she is not currently accepting international clients.

What session formats are available for therapy?

Sessions may be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or through text-based messaging to match different preferences and needs.

How does payment and cost work for sessions?

Costs vary depending on location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

What are the first steps to begin working together?

To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a brief matching questionnaire, and then schedule an appointment based on Kelly's availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, Anxiety GriefBipolar disorderDepression Compassion fatigue

Also works with

AddictionsLGBTRelationship issuesFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseIntimacy-related issuesParenting issuesSelf esteemCareer difficultiesCoping with life changes ADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAging and geriatric issuesAntisocial personalityAttachment issuesBlended family issuesBody imageCancerCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCo-morbidityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDissociationDivorce and separationDomestic violenceDrug and alcohol addictionEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesFertility issuesFirst responder issuesForgivenessGender dysphoriaGuilt and shameHIV / AIDSHoardingHospice and end-of-life counselingImmigration issuesImpulsivityInfidelityIntellectual disabilityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMidlife crisisVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMoney and financial issuesMood disordersMulticultural concernsObsessions, compulsions, and OCD Panic disorder and panic attacksParanoiaPersonality disordersPhobiasPolyamory / non-monogamous relationshipsPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthPrejudice and discriminationSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSelf-loveSexual assault and abuseSexual dysfunctionSexualitySocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Mindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingSolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

17+ years

Licensed

Oregon

Languages

English