Clarinda Squires, LCSW, CSW

Clarinda Squires is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) and CSW practicing in Georgia with nine years of focused clinical experience. She has worked across clinical assessments, community mental health, crisis intervention, and private practice settings, supporting individuals, couples, and families as they navigate stress, trauma, conflict, and significant life transitions.

She often supports high-functioning people who feel overwhelmed by career demands, family responsibilities, relationship tensions, or personal expectations while carrying anxiety, exhaustion, or a sense of being stuck beneath the surface. Her caseload commonly includes anxiety, depression, relationship and communication problems, stress, grief, and the long-term effects of traumatic or difficult life events.

Her therapeutic approach is warm, honest, and grounded; she offers direct support and thoughtful inquiry rather than passive affirmation. She guides clients to slow down, explore internal experience, identify and interrupt unhelpful patterns, and strengthen coping and communication skills so they can feel more confident in daily life.

Clarinda draws from evidence-based methods including cognitive-behavioral strategies, trauma-informed care, strengths-based work, motivational interviewing, and practical emotional regulation and communication tools. She collaborates with each person to design a tailored plan rather than applying a one-size-fits-all template, focusing on steps that create meaningful change over time.

Evidence-Based Approaches Delivered Online

Clarinda uses cognitive-behavioral strategies to help clients identify unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, test new perspectives, and build practical skills for managing anxiety, stress, and mood challenges. Trauma-informed care is another central element of her work - it focuses on understanding how past trauma affects present functioning and emphasizes safety, pacing, and skill-building to address long-term effects. She also integrates motivational interviewing to support readiness for change by exploring values and strengthening internal motivation for practical steps forward.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic journey. Clarinda collaborates with each client to determine which techniques fit their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting the plan as progress unfolds so therapy remains responsive and relevant.

Online therapy sessions - whether by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging - offer flexibility for busy schedules and different comfort levels. These options make it easier to access licensed professionals from home, on the go, or between other commitments, while preserving the collaborative, skills-focused work that leads to meaningful progress.