Carlithea Farrington, LCSW

Carlithea Farrington is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), a master’s-level social work professional trained to provide therapy and clinical support. She brings over 20 combined years of experience as a social worker and life coach, and she works with adults and families facing a wide range of challenges, including depression, anxiety, stress management, ADHD, parenting concerns, career difficulties, and relationship or family conflict. Her background also includes helping people navigate intimate-partner violence, as well as emotional, physical, and sexual abuse and trauma.

She also has experience supporting clients through complex life transitions and high-stress circumstances, such as making decisions about long-term care for an elderly relative, coping with homelessness or displacement, and managing suicidal thoughts. Across settings that have included schools, government agencies, psychiatric hospitals, and private practice, she emphasizes dignity, respect, and an authentic therapeutic connection. She aims to offer not only warmth and compassion, but also care that aligns with what each client needs and values.

Carlithea uses an integrative approach informed by humanistic and cognitive-behavioral perspectives, interpersonal work, and systems thinking. She focuses on meeting clients where they are and collaborating to identify the most helpful path forward. Whether someone is coping with ongoing conflict at home, challenges at work, parenting stress, adoption or foster care transitions, or relationship and financial strain that makes daily functioning harder, she partners with clients to clarify goals and build practical steps toward change. She welcomes the opportunity to support and empower clients as they work toward a more fulfilling and enriching life.