About Claire
Claire Keithly is a licensed professional counselor with over 26 years of experience in Pennsylvania. She focuses on people facing midlife transitions and the stresses those changes bring. Her work centers on practical steps to reduce anxiety, manage mood challenges, and address struggles with addiction.
Claire uses clear, straightforward conversations to help clients sort through what feels overwhelming. She listens first, then helps identify small, manageable goals the person can try between sessions.
Background and approach
Many clients find this approach helpful when they feel stuck or unsure where to begin. Her background includes long-term work with mood disorders, bipolar concerns, and depression. She also has experience supporting people dealing with grief, career shifts, and family-related strain.
Claire brings years of practice to issues like postpartum depression, seasonal affective disorder, and the emotional effects of aging. Sessions emphasize respect, compassion, and practical tools. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, is a regular part of her work to change unhelpful thinking and build new coping skills.
She favors live video sessions to keep conversations direct and interactive. People who look for straightforward guidance and steady support often find this style helpful. Claire helps clients set realistic steps, track progress, and adjust plans as life changes.
The focus is on steady gains that fit daily life.
How Claire Uses CBT Online and What to Expect
Claire commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, which focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing new ways of thinking and behaving. CBT can help with anxiety, depression, mood swings, and patterns that keep problems going.In online sessions she emphasizes practical skills you can use right away, such as breaking down large problems into smaller steps and practicing new responses between meetings. Finding the right way to work is a collaborative effort; she will talk with each person about goals, try different techniques, and adjust the plan based on what helps most.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, giving flexibility to fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction for in-depth work, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is low, and chat or text can handle quick check-ins or brief reflections. These options make it simpler to keep sessions consistent while balancing work, caregiving, or travel.
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What this counselor 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