About Clymie
Clymie Allen uses a client-centered approach combined with cognitive behavioral techniques to help people manage stressful life moments. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 40 years of practice and works from California. Clymie keeps sessions focused and practical so people can notice small changes that add up.
Over four decades she has helped adults cope with anxiety, depression, grief, addictions, and trauma. She also supports people dealing with relationship strains, intimacy concerns, parenting pressures, eating or sleeping problems, and bipolar mood challenges.
How Clymie works
Her background includes work across outpatient community settings and hospital-based care. Clymie listens first and then helps clients set clear, realistic goals. She uses client-centered methods to follow each person’s priorities and cognitive behavioral tools to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.
This mix aims to make therapy both empathetic and solution-focused. She also addresses a wide range of related concerns such as abandonment, adoption and foster care issues, caregiver stress, blended family challenges, communication problems, and recovery after domestic violence. Clymie pays attention to practical steps people can use between sessions.
Sessions are conducted in English and offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. She holds LCSW credentials and brings long experience to each meeting while tailoring care to individual needs.
Clymie lists 3 ways of working on the entry:
What Clymie works with
The areas below are the ones Clymie selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Grief
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 40 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
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Online support options
How client-centered and CBT work online
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and following the person’s priorities. The therapist offers empathy and reflection so clients can explore what matters most and set their own goals. This approach helps when people need someone who hears their experience and helps them choose the next steps.Cognitive behavioral therapy targets the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. It uses practical exercises and experiments to shift unhelpful thinking and build new habits. CBT can be useful for anxiety, depression, stress, and many everyday challenges.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences and then jointly decide which methods to use. That collaboration helps tailor sessions so they match what a person wants to accomplish.
Online formats make attending therapy more flexible. Video calls let people meet face-to-face when that matters. Phone sessions can fit into busy days and use less bandwidth. Live chat or text messaging supports shorter check-ins or ongoing reflection between appointments. These options help people keep therapy consistent despite a hectic schedule.
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