About Kellie
Kellie Kizis is a Florida licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) with 15 years of experience in counseling and social work. She has worked in hospitals, hospice settings, and a fitness center, and brings that variety into her sessions. Kellie offers a warm, interactive, and nonjudgmental presence to people seeking help for stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, and related concerns.
She helps people facing parenting challenges, medical diagnoses like cancer, and struggles with self-esteem and body image.
Background and approach
Kellie has supported people dealing with caregiver strain, chronic pain and illness, and the fallout from natural or human-caused disasters. She also works with those navigating adoption and foster care issues, aging and geriatric concerns, autism and Asperger syndrome, and first responder stress. Kellie uses several practical approaches to fit each person’s needs.
These include client-centered work that follows what the person wants to focus on, cognitive behavioral tools to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, mindfulness practices to manage stress, and solution-focused strategies for setting goals. Motivational interviewing can help when someone wants support making a change. Her hospital and hospice background means she is familiar with medical and body-wellness questions.
That experience informs discussions about illness, end-of-life concerns, and caregiving. Kellie also brings an interest in holistic options such as essential oils and energy work to sessions when clients want those choices. People who choose Kellie can expect collaborative planning and clear problem-solving.
She aims to support, empower, and celebrate progress while working toward realistic goals.
Therapeutic approaches you can use online
Client-centered therapy focuses on following the person’s lead, listening closely, and working from the goals the client sets. It is useful for people who want a supportive, collaborative space to sort out feelings and make decisions.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, uses practical exercises to spot and change thoughts and behaviors that keep stress and anxiety active. It often includes simple homework and skills people can use between sessions for problems like worry, sleep disruption, or low mood.
Mindfulness therapy teaches brief attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and manage overwhelming feelings. It can be helpful alongside other techniques for anxiety, grief, or chronic pain.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before, and then tailor methods to match those needs.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation; phone calls can work when bandwidth is limited; chat and messaging suit quick check-ins or ongoing support between meetings. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into a busy life.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English
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