- Years in practice
- 25
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- New York
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Family conflicts
- Focus
- Parenting issues
About Cira
Cira Kelley is a licensed clinical social worker with 25 years of practice in New York. She helps people who are juggling stress, anxiety, family pressures, parenting demands, and major life transitions. Her style is straightforward and compassionate, aimed at practical change as well as emotional understanding.
She uses everyday language and direct strategies so clients can try things between sessions. Sessions often focus on clearer communication, boundary-setting, and skills to manage overwhelm.
Background and approach
She also helps people strengthen self-esteem and cope with grief or trauma. Cira combines attention to relationship patterns with gentle skill-building. She draws from Attachment-Based Therapy to look at how early bonds shape reactions.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps break unhelpful thinking and behavior cycles. Emotionally-Focused Therapy supports deeper emotional connection and processing when feelings get intense. Her work also includes mindfulness practices to calm the body and increase present-moment awareness.
She addresses practical parenting concerns and family dynamics while keeping the work focused on the individual seeking support. Additional areas of focus include adoption and foster care issues, blended family challenges, caregiver stress, and recovery from domestic violence or abandonment experiences. Cira approaches each person as an individual with their own history and culture.
She collaborates on goals and adjusts methods to match what a client finds useful. The aim is clearer thinking, steadier emotions, and more workable day-to-day routines.
What Cira works with
Everything Cira lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Cira helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- ADHD
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Anger management
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Cira lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Practical therapeutic approaches for online sessions
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns. In online work this often means noticing how people react in close relationships and learning new ways to connect and regulate emotion. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches specific skills to change unhelpful patterns, which works well in short skill-based online exercises.Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and comfort level. That might mean combining attachment work with CBT techniques or adding mindfulness practices to manage stress and build steady habits.
Online formats offer practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions work well when video bandwidth is limited or for quick check-ins. Live chat and text-based messaging help people fit short conversations into busy days, follow up on homework, or get ongoing coaching between sessions. These options make it easier to keep continuity of care while juggling parenting and family responsibilities.
Questions people ask about Cira
What concerns does she help address?
Cira works with stress, anxiety, parenting and family issues, self-esteem, ADHD, relationship problems, trauma and grief among other concerns.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
She uses a collaborative, compassionate approach that mixes skill-building and emotional work. Sessions are practical and aimed at real-life changes.
What is her clinical background?
She has 25 years of experience as a licensed clinical social worker. That experience includes work with family dynamics, parenting, and trauma-related concerns.
Where is she licensed and practicing?
She holds an LCSW license in New York and practices with clients based in that region.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be done by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How does cost and starting therapy work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
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