About Kelsey
Kelsey Forrest is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in North Carolina. She brings seven years of experience to sessions and focuses on helping people manage anxiety and stress. She also supports clients facing depression, compassion fatigue, and challenges related to ADHD and LGBT identity.
Kelsey favors clear, practical conversations. She uses Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to teach skills for emotion regulation and values-based action.
Background and approach
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and a client-centered stance shape how she structures sessions and sets goals. Sessions aim to be collaborative and straightforward. Kelsey helps people spot unhelpful patterns, try small changes, and practice new skills between meetings.
She often works on communication difficulties, impulsivity, and feelings of isolation or loneliness. Kelsey also addresses workplace stress, self-esteem and self-love, mood problems, and concerns common to young adults and women. Her approach emphasizes taking practical steps toward a life that feels meaningful and manageable.
She has worked with neurodiverse and gender diverse people and aims to create an environment where clients feel heard and involved in planning their care. Kelsey uses plain language in sessions and focuses on real-world strategies that fit each person’s daily life.
Therapeutic tools and online sessions that fit your life
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on helping people clarify what matters most and take action in line with those values. It helps with anxiety, avoidance, and decisions about meaningful change. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, teaches concrete skills for managing strong emotions, reducing impulsive reactions, and improving relationships. Both approaches emphasize practical exercises and real-life practice between sessions.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Kelsey will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals and preferences. That might mean mixing ACT skills for values-based action with DBT techniques for emotion regulation, or using CBT strategies for changing thought patterns. The plan is tailored and adjusted over time based on what helps most.
Online therapy formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions are useful for full conversations and skill demonstrations. Phone sessions can fit into a work break or be easier when bandwidth is low. Live chat or text messaging work well for shorter check-ins, homework prompts, or quick skill practice. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent and to try tools in real life between meetings.
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- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Arizona, North Carolina
- Languages
- English
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