Cira Kelley, LCSW
Therapist in New York
Cira Kelley is a licensed clinical social worker with 25 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, and major life changes.
- Licensed inNew York
- License096756
- NPI 1023308830
- Experience25+ years
- LanguagesEnglish
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About Cira
Cira Kelley is a licensed clinical social worker with 25 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, and major life changes. She focuses on practical skills for day-to-day problems like self-esteem, communication struggles, and parenting strain. Clients who want steady, compassionate support through hard moments will find a calm, straightforward style.
Cira draws on attachment-based ideas to understand how early relationships shape current patterns. She also uses client-centered conversations to follow what matters most to each person.
Background and approach
Cognitive behavioral techniques help break unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, and emotionally-focused work supports stronger emotional connection to oneself. Sessions aim to be collaborative and easy to follow. Cira listens first, then helps set small, achievable steps.
She offers ways to notice triggers, practice new responses, and repair tense interactions with clearer communication. Over her career she has worked with a wide range of concerns including trauma and abuse, grief, ADHD, intimacy issues, and caregiver stress. She pays attention to family of origin patterns, abandonment, adoption and foster-care themes, and blended family strain when those come up in therapy.
Cira practices in New York as an LCSW. She meets people in English and uses multiple formats like video calls and phone sessions. Her approach is steady, respectful, and focused on helping people build coping skills that fit their life.
Credentials
- LCSW (New York)
- License 096756 · expires November 2026
- NPI
- 1023308830 · national provider identifier
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Focus areas and approaches
Everything Cira lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- 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 names
- 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
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Online support
How attachment and practical therapy translate online
Cira uses attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships influence current patterns and emotional responses. That work helps people who notice repeating relationship cycles or who struggle with trust and closeness. She also uses client-centered therapy, which means sessions follow the person's priorities and pace rather than a preset agenda.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist and client will talk about goals, needs, and preferences and adjust methods over time. Some weeks the work may focus on understanding relationship histories, and other weeks it may prioritize concrete coping skills for stress or anxiety.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which makes it easier to fit therapy into busy lives. Video is often used for deeper conversations and emotional work, phone can be a lower-bandwidth option, live chat suits shorter check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options give flexibility while keeping the therapeutic relationship central.
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Frequently asked
What concerns does she commonly address?
Cira helps with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, self-esteem, parenting and family concerns, ADHD, anger, and coping with life changes.
What is her general therapeutic style?
Her style is collaborative and client-centered, focusing on listening first and then shaping practical steps. She blends emotion-focused work with skills-based tools to help people manage feelings and behaviors.
How much experience does she have?
She has 25 years of experience as a clinician working with a wide range of life challenges and relational patterns.
Where does she practice and what are her credentials?
She practices in New York and holds the LCSW credential, licensed in New York as an LCSW.
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?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How does cost and scheduling work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
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