Roberta Garrett, LCSW, CSW
Compassionate help for addiction and life changes
Details
| Name | Roberta Garrett |
|---|---|
| Credentials | LCSW, CSW |
| Based in | Colorado |
| Licensed in | Colorado |
| Session format | Online |
| Languages | English |
| Years in practice | 40 |
About Roberta
Roberta Garrett is a Colorado licensed clinical social worker who focuses on supporting people through addiction, relationship and intimacy challenges, grief, and major life changes. She brings a calm presence and practical guidance so individuals can take the first steps toward change. Her style is straightforward and compassionate, aimed at helping people feel heard and understood.
Roberta uses an approach that centers the client's story and experience. She listens for patterns that shape how someone sees themselves and their relationships.
Background and approach
From there she helps people name options and try new ways of handling old problems. Her background spans 40 years in medical and mental health settings and independent practice. That experience includes work with addiction and related concerns such as codependency, relapse, and commitment issues.
She also supports people facing chronic illness, caregiver stress, aging concerns, and end-of-life matters. Sessions often focus on building everyday coping skills. Roberta helps people manage depression, trauma responses, guilt, shame, and intimacy struggles with practical strategies and steady support.
She emphasizes clear goals and steps clients can take between sessions. People find the process collaborative: Roberta listens closely, reflects what she hears, and helps shape a plan that fits a person’s life. Her aim is to empower clients to make realistic changes and to regain a sense of control and hope.
What this therapist works with
Her listing names Addictions, Relationship issues, Grief among the things Roberta works with, alongside the areas below.
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Depression
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family of origin issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
Approaches listed
- Narrative Therapy: Named in her listing among her approaches.
- Client-Centered Therapy: Listed by Roberta among the ways she works.
- Training stated: This directory copies the approaches a therapist names and does not check training records. Ask Roberta directly how much of the work is narrative and what a session usually looks like.
Narrative Therapy in this listing
Narrative Therapy appears in this therapist's own list of approaches. That tells you it is part of how she works. It does not tell you how much of a session it shapes, and this directory does not check or rate training.
If a narrative approach is what you are looking for, it is worth asking Roberta directly how she uses it and what a session usually looks like.
Online session options
Narrative and Client-Centered Work Delivered Online
Roberta draws on Narrative Therapy, which helps people separate themselves from problems by naming the story those problems have taken in their lives. This approach can be useful for relationship struggles, shame, addiction patterns, and life changes because it creates new ways to view difficult experiences.She also uses Client-Centered Therapy that emphasizes listening, empathy, and the client’s own goals. In this style the therapist reflects what she hears and helps the client clarify values and choices, which is helpful for grief, depression, and caregiving stress.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Roberta will work with each person to decide which methods fit their needs and goals. Sessions begin with listening and tracking progress so the plan can change if something isn’t helping.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video works well for full conversations, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, chat or text is useful for brief check-ins or when typing feels more natural. These options help people fit therapy into busy lives and maintain contact between sessions when useful.
Common questions about this listing
What issues does this therapist focus on?
Her practice focuses on addictions, relationship and intimacy problems, grief, coping with life changes, compassion fatigue, trauma and depression. Additional areas include caregiver stress, chronic illness, aging concerns, and end-of-life matters.
What is the therapist's general approach in sessions?
She uses client-centered and narrative approaches that center the individual's story and priorities. Sessions aim to listen deeply, identify unhelpful patterns, and try practical alternatives that fit daily life.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 40 years of professional work in medical and mental health settings and in independent practice, bringing long-term experience with addiction and related challenges.
What credentials does she hold and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, and holds the CSW credential. Her practice is based in Colorado.
Which languages are supported and are international clients accepted?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different needs and schedules.
How does payment or cost work?
Costs vary by location and therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with this therapist?
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