Lorene Godbold, LISW-CP

Lorene Godbold is a licensed social worker in South Carolina with 24 years of clinical experience. As an LISW-CP - a Licensed Independent Social Worker in Clinical Practice - she brings a long-standing commitment to compassionate counseling and steady support during major life transitions.

Her practice emphasizes women's issues, relationship dynamics, and personal growth, and she offers a faith-centered, supportive style that respects each person's path to healing. Lorene's work covers stress management, grief counseling, family dynamics, and guidance through significant life changes. Whether clients are facing relationship strain, processing loss, or seeking clearer self-understanding, she provides a nurturing and respectful environment in which to explore those concerns.

Lorene combines attentive, empathic listening with practical strategies designed to build resilience, restore self-confidence, and help people reconnect with their strengths. She is particularly dedicated to supporting women through experiences such as divorce, caregiving responsibilities, and stages of personal reinvention. With attention to the connection between emotional well-being and spiritual life, she creates space for clients to examine their experiences, work through past wounds, and move toward a more empowered future.

Client-centered and Mindfulness-based Online Care

Client-centered therapy focuses on meeting people where they are, offering empathic listening and support while helping clients identify their own goals and strengths. This approach is helpful for those seeking greater self-understanding, improved self-esteem, or guidance through relationship and life transitions.

Mindfulness therapy teaches simple practices for staying present with thoughts and emotions without judgment, which can reduce the intensity of stress and anxiety and help with coping during grief or change. Motivational interviewing is a collaborative, goal-oriented method that helps people explore ambivalence and find internal motivation for change - useful for life adjustments, career shifts, or health-related decisions.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Lorene works collaboratively with clients to determine which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting techniques as progress unfolds.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility - sessions by video call or phone and options for live chat or text-based messaging make it easier to fit care into busy schedules and to access licensed professionals from wherever the client is located within the therapist's service area. These formats support consistent work on stress, relationships, grief, and personal growth without requiring in-person visits.