Bridget O'Keefe, LCSW

Bridget O'Keefe is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Maine with three years of professional experience supporting both children and adults. She focuses on helping people navigate stress and anxiety, manage family conflicts, process trauma and abuse, and cope with grief, loss, and depression. Bridget approaches each person as the expert of their own story and highlights the strengths clients bring to the healing process. She recognizes that taking the first step toward a more fulfilling and happier life requires courage, and she offers steady support throughout that journey. Bridget draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to tailor care to each individual’s needs, working collaboratively to build practical coping skills and to address underlying patterns that contribute to distress.

With a warm, respectful style, Bridget seeks to create a space where clients can explore challenges, strengthen resilience, and move toward sustainable change. As an LCSW - a licensed clinical social worker - she combines clinical training with real-world experience to help clients identify goals and take actionable steps toward well-being.

Evidence-Based Approaches and Online Care

Bridget uses a range of evidence-based therapeutic techniques delivered in ways that fit a client's life. One common approach focuses on skills-based work to manage symptoms of stress and anxiety - teaching practical strategies for coping, emotion regulation, and problem solving that can reduce daily distress and improve functioning. Another approach emphasizes supportive processing for experiences such as trauma, grief, and family conflict - helping clients explore difficult memories and emotions, make meaning of what happened, and build healthier patterns in relationships.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Bridget works collaboratively with each person to identify what best matches their needs, goals, and preferences. She adapts interventions over time as progress and challenges emerge, aiming for an individualized plan that feels useful and realistic.

Offering therapy through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging provides flexibility for clients balancing work, family, and other commitments. These options make it easier to access consistent care, maintain momentum between sessions, and choose the format that feels most comfortable while working toward clearer goals and improved coping.