About Keith
Keith Nelson is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 18 years of practice experience. He offers a calm, practical approach to therapy and focuses on real-life problems people bring into sessions. Keith leans on therapies like Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy to help people manage difficult emotions.
He also uses attachment-focused and client-centered methods to strengthen relationships and self-understanding. Sessions are collaborative and focused on skills that can be put into practice between meetings.
How Keith works
He works with a broad set of concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, grief, and trauma and abuse. Other areas of focus include intimacy-related issues, eating and sleeping difficulties, ADHD, bipolar concerns, and career stress. He also addresses challenges such as abandonment, body image, codependency, and caregiver strain.
Keith frames problems in the context of the whole person and their surroundings. Conversations look at beliefs, emotions, behavior patterns, and practical life stressors. The aim is to identify small, sustainable changes that reduce distress and improve day-to-day functioning.
Clients can expect straightforward guidance, practical strategies, and a respectful, collaborative tone. Keith emphasizes personal strengths and choices while helping people build coping tools and clearer direction for their next steps.
Keith lists 11 ways of working on the entry:
What Keith works with
The areas below are the ones Keith 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
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 18 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
Therapeutic approaches adapted for online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then commit to actions that match their values to build a meaningful life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns and practicing new skills to reduce symptoms like anxiety or depression. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) teaches skills for managing strong emotions, improving distress tolerance, and handling interpersonal conflicts more effectively.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist collaborates with each person to choose methods that fit their goals, needs, and preferences. Together they review what helps and adjust methods over time to find the best match.
Online therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction and skill practice, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports brief check-ins, and messaging helps keep momentum between sessions. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy life and to continue work when in-person visits are difficult.
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