Therapist profile
Lorene Godbold, LISW-CP
Licensed social worker - Family and parenting focus
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- Stress and anxiety
- Mindfulness tools
- Solution-focused work
About Lorene
Lorene Godbold is a Licensed Independent Social Worker with Clinical Practice (LISW-CP) in South Carolina and has 24 years of experience. She focuses on everyday stresses that pile up at home and work. Common concerns she addresses include stress, anxiety, relationships, family tensions, grief, parenting strain, and issues around intimacy and self-esteem.
She uses listening and practical tools in sessions. That can include goal-focused conversations, mindfulness practices to reduce reactivity, and motivational techniques to support change. Sessions aim to make problems more manageable and produce small, usable steps you can try between meetings.
Her background includes long-term work with adults facing life transitions such as divorce, caregiving burdens, and cancer-related stress. She also has experience with end-of-life and hospice concerns, forgiveness and guilt, and workplace issues. This experience informs a pragmatic approach to emotional and family stress.
Clients can expect straightforward conversation about patterns, choices, and next steps. The clinician often blends client-centered listening with solution-focused planning to help people clarify priorities and try new behaviors. Mindfulness tools are used when they seem helpful for reducing tension.
Lorene frames sessions to respect faith and personal values when clients want that included. The practice supports women’s issues and adult family concerns, and draws on many years helping people adjust to major life changes.
How sessions work
How her therapeutic approaches translate to online work
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on attentive listening and helping people name their priorities. In practice this looks like the therapist reflecting what you say and asking questions that clarify values and goals. It helps with relationship strain, parenting stress, and decisions about life change.Mindfulness Therapy introduces simple practices to notice thoughts and bodily tension without judgment. These techniques can reduce reactivity during conflict and ease ongoing anxiety. They are brief exercises that can be used between sessions to lower stress in daily life.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Sessions are collaborative, with adjustments made as progress and needs become clearer.
Confirm the session formats offered before booking because the biography does not list them. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy routine, allow for shorter check-ins when time is limited, and reduce travel time. It also lets people practice skills in real-world moments and bring those experiences back into sessions for discussion.
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Experience
24+ years
Listed in
South Carolina
Languages
English
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What kinds of family concerns does she address?
She works with adults on family problems, communication breakdowns, caregiver stress, and parenting strain. This includes divorce and separation issues and related emotional challenges.
How would she approach problems like anxiety or depression?
She uses client-centered listening combined with solution-focused strategies and mindfulness. The work aims to identify small, practical steps to reduce symptoms and improve daily functioning.
What is her level of experience?
She has 24 years of clinical experience working with adults on relationship, grief, and life-change concerns. That background includes hospice and caregiver situations.
Where is she licensed to practice?
She holds the SC LISW-CP credential and practices in South Carolina.
Can she work with people who do not live in the United States?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats are offered?
Please confirm current session options before booking, as the biography does not specify formats. The site matching step will list the available formats.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies by location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. Exact pricing is provided during the sign-up process.
How do I begin working with her?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule your first session through the platform.
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