Lorene Godbold, LISW-CP

Lorene Godbold is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people manage stress, grief, relationship strain, caregiving burdens, and life transitions. She brings 24 years of experience and focuses on issues such as parenting, intimacy concerns, self-esteem, career stress, and compassion fatigue. Lorene works with people facing cancer or end-of-life caregiving demands and with those processing divorce, workplace strain, or feelings of emptiness.

Her style is warm and faith-informed, with listening that aims to make clients feel heard and respected. Sessions mix practical steps and reflective conversation. Clients can expect help building coping routines, improving communication, and setting realistic goals.

Lorene uses client-centered therapy to follow each person’s priorities and mindfulness practices to teach single-step strategies for calming stress. She also draws on solution-focused and motivational techniques to identify small, achievable changes that make day-to-day life easier.

Across many years in practice in South Carolina, she has supported people through hospice and end-of-life counseling, forgiveness work, and rebuilding after separation. The work often blends emotional processing with action plans for caregiving, work-life balance, or relationship repair.

Clients who want to begin will complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions based on the therapist’s availability. Cost varies with location and a subscription model is used that can be canceled at any time.

How her approaches work for online care

Client-centered therapy focuses on the person’s priorities. The therapist listens carefully and follows what the client says matters most, which helps when coping with caregiving stress or relationship strain.

Mindfulness therapy teaches simple, in-the-moment practices to reduce anxiety and manage grief. These short exercises can be used between sessions to calm stress and refocus attention.

Motivational interviewing helps people find the motivation to make changes, such as setting boundaries with a loved one or planning self-care during a caregiving role. It emphasizes the client’s own reasons for change and supports small steps forward.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each client to choose methods that fit their goals, life context, and personal preferences. That process may shift over time as needs change.

Confirm the session formats before booking, as current options are not listed here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when time is limited, and reduce travel time. Many people find remote sessions helpful for keeping continuity of care during caregiving periods or when life changes make in-person visits harder.