About Kelly
Kelly Meissner is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) based in Minnesota. She focuses on anxiety, stress, depression, grief, sleeping problems, and panic symptoms. Kelly works with people who want to increase self-awareness and make practical changes in how they think and act.
Her style centers on helping people understand their thoughts, emotions, and behaviors. She uses straightforward tools to reduce overthinking and to shift unhelpful patterns. Sessions often include mindfulness and guided techniques to access deeper habits that operate outside conscious awareness.
Background and approach
Kelly blends several approaches to meet each person's needs, including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Emotionally-Focused Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, and existential ideas. She also uses hypnotherapy as one of her methods to address repeating patterns and unconscious blocks. Clients can expect a mix of insight work and practical exercises.
Kelly helps people notice what keeps problems cycling and then practices new ways of responding. She frames therapy as learning skills and building awareness over time. Her practice also addresses related concerns such as body image, caregiver stress, social anxiety, self-esteem, forgiveness, life purpose, midlife transition, post-traumatic stress, seasonal mood shifts, and women's issues.
Kelly has been in clinical practice for about 15 years and brings that experience to each session.
Evidence-based approaches adapted for online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them. It focuses on values-based action so someone can move toward what matters despite anxiety or worry. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts and behaviors keep problems going and uses practical exercises to change those patterns and reduce symptoms. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) emphasizes understanding and processing strong emotions to change how someone responds to pain or loss.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Kelly will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. Sessions can mix strategies over time so someone gets both insight and hands-on practice tailored to their circumstances.
Online therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make scheduling more flexible. Video is useful for in-depth conversation and guided exercises, while phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for brief updates, homework support, or shorter check-ins between longer sessions. These formats let people fit therapy around work, caregiving, and travel while still using evidence-informed approaches.
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- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Minnesota
- Languages
- English
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