Kelly is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with extensive training and experience treating a wide range of issues including anxiety, depression, trauma, suicidal ideation, self-injury, mood disorders and borderline personality disorder. She is a DBT-Linehan Board of Certification, Certified Clinician. Other specialties include Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Trauma Focused-Cognitive Behavior Treatment (TF-CBT), Prolonged Exposure Therapy and Mindfulness Self-Compassion. Kelly embraces Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) in her approach with clients. This means using behavioral change strategies to assist individuals in reaching their treatment goals. She also encourages a focus on emotions and how they impact our behavior. Kelly provides a warm, accepting and inclusive therapeutic environment.
Kelly embraces the social work value of meeting the person where they are at and begins all therapeutic relationships from this perspective, while focusing on clients strengths, resilience and self-determination. |