Lorene Godbold , LISW-CP

Lorene Godbold is a licensed social worker based in South Carolina with 24 years of experience guiding people through major life transitions. As an LISW-CP (Licensed Independent Social Worker - Clinical Practice), she blends compassionate listening with practical strategies to help clients address stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family issues, and challenges related to career and parenting. She brings particular experience supporting women through divorce, caregiving responsibilities, personal reinvention, and intimacy-related concerns.

Her practice is faith-centered and supportive, honoring each person's values and individual path to healing. Lorene combines client-centered attention with techniques drawn from mindfulness and motivational approaches to help clients build resilience, restore self-esteem, and navigate grief and loss. She also works with those facing caregiver stress, end-of-life and hospice concerns, and the emotional effects of serious illness.

Known for a respectful and nurturing therapeutic presence, Lorene helps clients clarify goals, improve communication, and develop coping skills for both everyday pressures and bigger life changes. She creates a collaborative space where emotional, spiritual, and practical aspects of recovery and growth can be explored so clients can move toward greater purpose and renewed inner strength.

Therapeutic Approaches and Accessible Online Care

Client-centered therapy emphasizes a compassionate, nonjudgmental stance in which the therapist follows the client's lead to build understanding and self-direction. This approach helps people who need a respectful space to explore identity, relationships, and personal values. Mindfulness therapy teaches skills to notice thoughts and emotions with gentle awareness, which can reduce reactivity to stress and support coping with anxiety, grief, and caregiving strain. Motivational interviewing focuses on strengthening motivation for change by exploring a person's goals and ambivalence, and it can be useful for career shifts, lifestyle adjustments, or readiness for relationship change.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Lorene works collaboratively with clients and with other licensed professionals as needed to identify which methods best match a client's needs, goals, and preferences, and adapts strategies over time to support steady progress.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility - sessions by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging allow clients to access care from home, during breaks, or while balancing caregiving and work responsibilities. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care and fit therapy into a busy life while working toward meaningful change.