About Felicia
Felicia Kelley is a licensed clinical social worker in California with nine years of practice experience. She helps people manage stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, and major life changes. She aims to meet each person where they are and build on existing strengths to move forward.
Felicia centers sessions on the client’s perspective. She treats the person as the expert in their own life and partners with them to set goals.
Background and approach
Conversations focus on practical next steps and small, manageable changes rather than long lectures. Her approach draws from several methods. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is used to identify unhelpful thoughts and test new ways of thinking.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers tools for emotion regulation and distress tolerance when feelings feel overwhelming. Felicia also uses client-centered techniques and mindfulness practices to increase self-compassion and present-moment awareness. Motivational Interviewing helps when people feel stuck or unsure about making a change.
These tools are mixed to fit each person’s needs. She works with issues like compassion fatigue, attachment concerns, caregiver stress, workplace strain, social anxiety, loneliness, and feelings of guilt or shame. Sessions emphasize skills people can use between meetings so progress carries into daily life.
Felicia conducts sessions in English and practices across phone, video, live chat, and text-based messaging formats. Her style is straightforward and encouraging, aimed at helping people build confidence and practical coping habits.
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding each person’s experience. The therapist reflects what is shared and helps clients clarify their goals, which can make sessions feel supportive and grounded whether by video or text. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going and uses practical exercises to change them; it often includes worksheets or between-session practice that work well when shared digitally. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) teaches concrete skills for managing intense emotions and improving tolerance for distress, helpful for people who need tools they can use during a hard moment.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about their needs, goals, and preferences and then try methods that fit. That collaborative process may lead to combining techniques or shifting strategies as progress is made.
Online therapy offers flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation while live chat or text-based messaging can fit short check-ins or days when typing feels easier. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. These options help people fit therapy into busy lives and continue skill practice between meetings.
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- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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