- Years in practice
- 18
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- California
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Addictions
- Focus
- Relationship issues
About Keith
Keith Nelson is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 18 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, and parenting concerns. He practices in California and offers practical, down-to-earth support for common struggles. Keith focuses on what people can do now to feel better and move forward.
Keith uses several evidence-based approaches to guide sessions. He leans on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help clients notice difficult thoughts and commit to values-based actions.
Background and approach
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps identify unhelpful thinking and build new habits. He also draws from Attachment-Based and Client-Centered principles to strengthen relationships and honor each person’s perspective. Sessions are collaborative and straightforward.
Keith treats the whole person by considering life circumstances, relationships, work, and stressors. He helps people set clear goals, practice new skills, and adjust methods when something isn't working. His background includes many years working with substance use, emotional trauma, and co-occurring challenges like ADHD and mood disorders.
That experience informs a flexible approach for issues such as grief, intimacy difficulties, sleep and eating concerns, and compassion fatigue. Keith stresses practical steps and steady progress over time. He respects personal choice and works alongside clients to find what fits their life.
The result is therapy that aims to reduce suffering and increase daily functioning and meaning.
What Keith works with
Everything Keith lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Keith helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- LGBT
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual dysfunction
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Keith lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches adapted for online care
Keith often uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in online work. ACT helps people notice difficult thoughts and choose actions that match their values, which can aid with anxiety, grief, and parenting stress. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and practicing new behaviors to reduce symptoms like depression, worry, or sleep problems.He also integrates Attachment-Based and Client-Centered ideas when relationship patterns and personal history matter. Attachment-based work looks at how past connections shape current relationships. Client-centered practice means sessions are guided by the client's priorities and pace rather than a preset agenda. Together these approaches are used collaboratively to find what fits each person's goals and life context.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for deeper conversations and skill practice. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging allow quick reflection, checkpointing between sessions, and flexible contact during the week. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules while trying different approaches to see what helps most.
Questions people ask about Keith
What kinds of concerns does Keith address?
He works with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, parenting challenges, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, sleep and eating concerns, ADHD, bipolar symptoms, trauma and related topics.
How would you describe his therapy style?
Sessions are collaborative and focused on practical steps. He uses approaches like ACT and CBT to build skills and shift patterns over time.
What experience does he bring to sessions?
He has 18 years of clinical experience including work with substance use, trauma, emotional dissonance, and supervision of other therapists.
Where is he licensed and based?
He is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with a California license and practices in California.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English only.
Can people outside the U.S. work with him?
International clients are not currently accepted; sessions are provided to those located where he is licensed.
What formats are available for sessions?
He offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How do fees and scheduling work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time and scheduling follows the platform process.
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