About Cira
Cira Kelley is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people manage stress, anxiety, and life transitions. She focuses on practical steps parents and individuals can take to feel steadier and more confident. Her style is calm and straightforward, aimed at making conversations feel useful from the first session.
Cira draws on 25 years of experience working with concerns like self-esteem, communication problems, relationship strain, and grief. She also supports people facing trauma, compassion fatigue, ADHD-related challenges, and the complex fallout of family-of-origin issues.
How Cira works
Sessions mix talking, skill-building, and real-life strategies clients can use between meetings. Her work pays attention to attachment patterns and how early relationships shape current behavior. She blends that viewpoint with client-centered listening and practical Cognitive Behavioral Therapy techniques to help people change unhelpful thinking and behavior.
Mindfulness tools are used to improve emotional regulation and reduce overwhelm. Cira aims to create a steady, respectful space where clients can name difficult feelings and practice new ways of relating. She helps with concrete problems like communication breakdowns, parenting stress, blended family challenges, and caregiver strain.
She also addresses deeper themes such as abandonment, identity gaps, and feelings of emptiness. Based in New York, Cira uses a collaborative process to set goals and track progress. Her LCSW credential means she is a licensed clinical social worker.
People who want structured support paired with empathic listening often find her practical and encouraging.
Cira lists 9 ways of working on the entry:
What Cira works with
The areas below are the ones Cira selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- 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
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 25 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | New York |
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Online support options
How Cira’s Approaches Work Online
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns. It helps people notice recurring ways of relating and try new responses in present-day relationships. Client-Centered Therapy centers the person’s experience and priorities with open listening and reflection to help clients find their own solutions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and changing behaviors, which can reduce anxiety and improve mood.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will listen to your goals and try different methods to see what helps most. Together you will set goals, review progress, and adjust techniques to fit your needs and preferences.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues are helpful. Phone sessions can be useful when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in fits better into a workday. Live chat and text messaging provide quick, ongoing support between sessions or when writing things out feels easier. These options make it simpler to fit care into a busy life while working with a licensed professional.
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Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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