About Cilicia
Cilicia Gooden is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar symptoms, relationship struggles, and trauma. She practices in Arizona and offers therapy in English. She focuses on practical steps people can take to feel steadier and more in control of their daily life.
Cilicia uses straightforward methods to address mood and trauma-related problems. She helps people notice unhelpful thinking patterns and try different actions to ease symptoms.
Background and approach
She also uses body-centered techniques for strong physical stress reactions and methods aimed at processing traumatic memories. Sessions tend to be collaborative and goal-focused. Cilicia listens for what matters most and then works with each person to set small, achievable steps.
That can include short behavioral experiments, communication practice, or grounding and breathing work for intense moments. Her background includes eight years of clinical experience and a license as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW. She draws on several established therapy approaches and tailors them to each person’s needs and pace.
Many people come to Cilicia for help with communication problems, postpartum depression, life purpose questions, feelings of shame or guilt, and experiences of prejudice or discrimination. She also supports those coping with domestic violence histories, veteran-related concerns, and personality or mood disorder symptoms. In sessions she keeps language clear and concrete.
The focus is on practical tools that fit into everyday routines and steady steps toward greater self-compassion and clearer relationships.
Approaches for healing online and finding what fits
CBT, or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, helps people spot unhelpful thoughts and test small behavior changes. It is often used for anxiety, depression, and mood-related symptoms to create clearer daily routines and reduce worry-driven actions.EMDR, or Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, focuses on processing traumatic memories that keep causing distress. It involves structured recall and bilateral stimulation techniques to reduce the intensity of past events and their hold on current life.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk through goals, preferences, and what feels comfortable, then try methods that match those needs. This is a collaborative process and adjustments are made over time to keep progress moving forward.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect: video calls for face-to-face interaction, phone sessions when bandwidth or camera use is limited, live chat for quick check-ins, and text-based messaging for ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy days, allow shorter or more frequent touchpoints, and accommodate different communication styles.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Bipolar disorder
- Communication problems
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Guilt and shame
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-love
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Arizona
- Languages
- English