Lorene Godbold, LISW-CP - Therapist in South Carolina

About Lorene

Lorene Godbold is a licensed social worker who supports people facing stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, grief, and parenting challenges. She brings 24 years of experience to sessions and aims to help clients cope with life changes, rebuild self esteem, and handle work and caregiving pressures. Her work also addresses intimacy-related issues, career concerns, depression, and compassion fatigue.

She uses a faith-informed, client-centered stance that values respectful listening. That means attention to each person's values and goals while offering practical steps to move forward.

Background and approach

Sessions often blend mindfulness and brief, goal-focused tools to reduce overwhelm and clarify next steps. Many clients appreciate an approach that balances emotional support with concrete strategies. Techniques can include motivational questioning to find internal motivation and solution-focused exercises to set manageable goals.

Lorene pays particular attention to communication problems, family difficulties, and life purpose questions. Her background includes long-term work with women navigating divorce, caregiving roles, and end-of-life family issues. She also supports people affected by cancer and those dealing with guilt, forgiveness, or feelings of emptiness.

The practice aims to help people find self-love, clarity, and renewed direction. Lorene is licensed in South Carolina as LISW-CP, license number SC LISW-CP 17782. She offers sessions in English and provides several online formats to fit different schedules.

Approaches that translate well to online care

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding each person's perspective. It helps people feel heard and supported while they sort through relationship, family, or life transition concerns.

Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple awareness practices to reduce stress and improve emotional regulation. Those practices can be helpful for anxiety, grief, and daily caregiving strain.

Finding the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will talk with clients about their goals and preferences and suggest which methods to try. Together they adjust the approach as needs change so sessions stay practical and relevant.

Online formats including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging make it easier to fit therapy into busy family schedules. These options support continuity when life gets hectic and allow people to use brief check-ins or longer sessions depending on their needs.

Client-Centered Therapy

The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.

Mindfulness Therapy

Attention training: noticing thoughts and physical feelings as they arrive without being carried off by them. Much of it is practice you do yourself, so guidance over video or audio works much as it would in person.

Motivational Interviewing

A way of working through mixed feelings about change without being pushed. The therapist helps you weigh things up and find your own reasons, which often makes a difficult decision feel less stuck.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Lorene focus on?

She focuses on stress, anxiety, relationship and family difficulties, grief, parenting, and coping with life changes among other issues.

What is her therapeutic style like?

Her style is client-centered and faith-informed, combining compassionate listening with practical strategies and goal-focused work.

How much experience does she have?

She has 24 years of clinical experience working with people on issues such as caregiving stress, divorce, and end-of-life concerns.

What are her credentials and where is she licensed?

She holds the credential LISW-CP and is licensed in South Carolina, listed as SC LISW-CP 17782.

Which languages are supported for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English.

Are sessions available online and by phone?

Yes, sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.

How does payment and cost work?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling according to therapist availability.

Specialties and expertise

Top specialties

Stress, Anxiety
Relationship issues
Family conflicts

Also works with

Therapeutic approaches

Experience: 24 years
Licensed: South Carolina
Languages: English

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