Keli Karbowski, LCSW

Keli Karbowski is a licensed clinical social worker in Florida with 22 years of experience helping people through difficult emotional times. She focuses on everyday problems like anxiety, depression, grief, and low self-esteem. Keli also works with people facing trauma, mood disorders, and issues tied to addiction and codependency.

Her style is calm and straightforward. Sessions are practical and tailored to each person. She listens closely, helps clarify what matters most, and partners with clients on steps they can try between meetings.

Keli uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Client-Centered practices, and mindfulness techniques to address patterns of thought and behavior. She also draws on motivational interviewing and solution-focused methods to set short-term goals and build momentum toward change.

People meet her for a range of concerns, from panic and social withdrawal to anger, parenting strain, and career stress. She pays attention to how past loss, abandonment, or traumatic experiences shape day-to-day life and coping choices.

Keli emphasizes small, achievable changes. She helps people develop new skills for managing impulses, reducing shame, and improving communication. The work is collaborative and paced to each person's needs.

Sessions are offered in English and provided online by phone, video, live chat, or text messaging. To begin, a person completes a short matching questionnaire and schedules a time that fits their life.

How practical approaches translate to online therapy

CBT helps people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. It often involves setting small goals, trying new actions between sessions, and tracking progress to reduce anxiety, depression, and compulsive patterns.

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding each person's experience. The therapist reflects concerns back, validates feelings, and supports the person in finding their own solutions for relationship, grief, or self-esteem issues.

Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple awareness and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and manage strong emotions. Those tools can help with stress, anger, and impulse control when emotions feel overwhelming.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to choose methods that match goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful. Choices can shift as progress is made and new priorities emerge.

Online sessions are available by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs. Video is useful for deeper conversation and visual cues, phone can work when bandwidth is limited, live chat is good for shorter check-ins, and text messaging supports brief updates or ongoing check-ins between appointments. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, school, or caregiving duties.