Geraldine (Geri) Godbolt, LPC

Geraldine (Geri) Godbolt is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Georgia with eight years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, and trauma. Geri emphasizes working together with clients to set clear goals and make gradual, lasting changes.

Geri approaches counseling as a team effort. She looks at each concern one at a time while recognizing that some issues can happen together, like anxiety and substance use. She uses practical tools and may ask clients to try exercises, journaling, or homework between sessions. Progress is often steady rather than instant, and she periodically reviews and adjusts the plan.

Her training includes a Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and additional graduate study in trauma. She also graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology and holds professional counseling credentials including LPC. This background informs her work with grief, self-esteem, bipolar mood concerns, ADHD, and issues related to identity and loss.

In practice, Geri draws on several therapy approaches to match each person’s needs. She may use cognitive-behavioral strategies to challenge unhelpful thoughts. She also includes client-centered listening and acceptance-based methods to help people clarify values and strengthen coping.

Geri has experience in residential settings supporting people facing homelessness and complex life challenges. That work influences her practical, grounded style. She aims to support clients in building new routines and healthier ways to handle life’s demands.

How therapeutic approaches guide online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take action toward those values, often by teaching skills to notice thoughts without getting stuck in them. It can help with anxiety, depression, and making life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and testing new ways of thinking and behaving to reduce distress and improve mood. It is commonly used for anxiety, depression, and addiction-related cravings. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening, empathy, and respect so the client leads the pace and focus of change, which can be helpful when someone needs a steady supportive space to work through grief, identity concerns, or stress.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about needs, goals, and preferences and together decide which methods to try. This is a collaborative process and adjustments are made as progress is reviewed.

Confirm the available online session options before booking since formats are not listed here. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. It can also allow people to continue care when they are in a different location. Licensed professionals tailor online sessions to match a client’s daily schedule and therapeutic goals.