- 25 years experience
- LCSW in New York
- Focus on relationships
About Cira
Cira Kelley is a licensed clinical social worker with 25 years of experience helping people face stress, anxiety, relationship strain, and parenting challenges. She focuses on practical steps to improve self-esteem, communication, and day-to-day coping. Her manner is calm and straightforward so parents and busy adults can get clear direction quickly.
She emphasizes working together to find what helps in each person’s life. Sessions often include talking through current problems, identifying unhelpful patterns, and practicing small changes that fit a client’s routine. Mindfulness tools and emotion-focused conversations are used to make feelings easier to handle in the moment.
Cira draws on attachment-based ideas to understand how early relationships affect current reactions. Cognitive behavioral techniques are applied to shift thoughts and behaviors that get in the way. She mixes these with client-centered listening so people feel heard while learning new skills.
Her background in New York and long clinical experience inform a practical approach to life transitions, grief, trauma, and caregiver stress. She also supports people dealing with adoption and foster care history, family of origin issues, and intimacy-related concerns.
Sessions aim to leave people with clearer choices and doable strategies. Cira encourages steady progress through realistic goals, coaching-style guidance, and attention to how family patterns shape current life. She asks clients to focus on what they want to change and helps plan the steps to get there.
Therapeutic approaches and online work
Many sessions begin with attachment-based thinking, which looks at how early relationships shape current reactions and patterns. This approach helps people understand why they may feel stuck in certain interactions and supports changing those patterns.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, is also used to spot unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors. CBT offers concrete exercises and experiments that can reduce anxiety, improve mood, and make daily problems more manageable.
Cira treats therapy as a collaboration. She will work with each person to decide which approach or mix of approaches fits best based on goals and what feels most useful. Figuring out the right method is part of early sessions rather than a one-size-fits-all prescription.
If you are considering online therapy, check the current session options before booking since the profile does not list specific formats. Many people find that remote sessions help fit care into work and family schedules, allow for shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. Online work can make it easier to maintain steady appointments through life transitions while trying new skills between sessions.
Areas of focus
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
Cira works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and parenting concerns, grief, trauma and abuse, ADHD, self-esteem, and related family issues such as communication and attachment struggles.
What is her therapy style like?
She combines listening with practical tools, using client-centered conversation, emotion-focused work, mindfulness, and cognitive techniques to help people change habits and feel better day to day.
How much experience does she have?
She has 25 years of clinical experience working with adults on life transitions, caregiver stress, intimacy issues, and family of origin concerns.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker - LCSW - practicing in New York.
Can I meet with her if I live outside the United States?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
Please confirm current session options before booking, as specific formats are not listed in the profile.
How does payment work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started with therapy?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.