About Claire
Claire Keithly is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Pennsylvania with 26 years of clinical experience. She works with adults who are facing stress, anxiety, mood changes, and major life transitions. Her manner is respectful and compassionate, and she focuses on practical steps people can take to feel steadier day to day.
Claire often sees people navigating midlife shifts and career changes. She has substantial experience helping with addictions, depression, bipolar concerns, grief, and relationship struggles.
Background and approach
She also supports people handling family of origin issues, blended family challenges, and caregiving or end-of-life concerns. In sessions she uses straightforward strategies to manage overwhelming thoughts and behaviors. Claire applies Cognitive Behavioral Therapy techniques to help people notice unhelpful thinking, try small behavior changes, and track what helps.
She keeps the work concrete so clients can use it between meetings. Her style is warm and direct. She encourages realistic goals and small steps that build confidence.
Sessions emphasize coping skills, relapse prevention for substance issues, mood stabilization strategies, and planning for life transitions. Claire offers video and phone options as part of her practice along with messaging formats for follow-up and brief check-ins. To begin she guides people through a brief matching process and scheduling so therapy can fit into busy lives.
Practical approaches for online therapy and anxiety
Claire draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help people with anxious thoughts and mood problems. CBT involves noticing the thoughts that increase worry, testing whether those thoughts fit the facts, and trying small behavior changes to reduce distress. This approach is useful for stress, anxiety, depression, and managing patterns that fuel addiction.She focuses on clear, teachable skills that clients can practice between sessions. Finding the right approach is collaborative - the therapist and client work together to set goals, try techniques, and adjust the plan based on what helps. Claire reviews progress regularly and shifts strategies when needed to better match a person's needs and preferences.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is often used for core sessions so clinicians can read nonverbal cues. Phone sessions can fit into busy days or require less bandwidth. Live chat and messaging are useful for brief check-ins, skill practice, and follow-up between longer appointments. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into everyday life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Grief
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Postpartum depression
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 26 years
- Licensed
- Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English
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