About Celita
Celita Hastie is a licensed social worker in South Carolina with 18 years of clinical experience. She has spent much of her career helping teens and adults in individual and small group settings. Her practice focuses on practical steps to manage stress and anxiety and to build confidence.
She often helps people who have experienced trauma or who feel overwhelmed by daily demands. She also supports those dealing with parenting strain, compassion fatigue, body image concerns, mood struggles, and communication problems.
Background and approach
Her work includes attention to post-traumatic stress and women's issues when those are relevant. Celita creates a calm, nonjudgmental space where thoughts and feelings can be shared. She balances a laid-back manner with focused, goal-oriented sessions.
Clients and she set clear, achievable action steps together. Her approach draws on motivational interviewing and solutions-focused therapy to set practical goals. She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy to look at links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and to try new ways of responding.
Sessions may be action-focused or simply a chance to process emotion. Celita recognizes that starting therapy takes courage. She aims to meet people where they are, listen without judgment, and work collaboratively to find a clearer path forward.
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Celita uses cognitive behavioral techniques to help people notice and change thought patterns that keep anxiety or low mood active. That approach looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect and then tests small changes to shift daily routines and reactions.She also draws on motivational interviewing, which helps clarify what matters to a person and builds motivation for change. This method is useful when someone feels stuck or unsure how to move forward. Solutions-focused techniques are used to set short-term, practical goals and identify small steps that lead to measurable progress.
Choosing the best approach is a collaborative process. The therapist and client talk about needs, goals, and preferences, and then try methods that fit. Plans are adjusted over time based on what works and what doesn’t.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is good when face-to-face interaction matters, phone works well when bandwidth is limited, live chat is useful for quick check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and varied routines.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Experience
- 18 years
- Licensed
- South Carolina
- Languages
- English
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