About Kelsey
Kelsey Kirkwood is a licensed professional clinical counselor (LPCC) based in Minnesota. She brings five years of clinical experience to sessions and focuses on helping people manage anxiety, depression, addiction, and relationship struggles. Kelsey aims to make the first step feel less daunting by offering a calm, nonjudgmental space to begin talking.
In sessions Kelsey uses straightforward, person-centered care. She listens first and follows the client's lead to identify what matters most.
Background and approach
She helps people name their goals and build practical steps to reach them, whether that means improving communication, reducing worry, or handling grief. Kelsey also draws on approaches that teach emotion regulation and coping skills. These tools can be helpful for stress, trauma reactions, mood changes, and managing intense emotions.
She supports people working through life transitions and career or workplace pressures as well. Her practice addresses a wide range of concerns including addictions, trauma and abuse, parenting strain, intimacy-related issues, and issues tied to sexual orientation or gender identity. Kelsey brings attention to multicultural and social stressors such as prejudice, discrimination, and workplace issues when they affect a person's well-being.
Clients can expect practical strategies mixed with empathic listening. Kelsey focuses on small, doable changes that add up over time. She invites people to notice progress and adjust goals as needed.
Therapeutic approaches and online options that fit your life
Client-centered therapy focuses on the person first. The therapist listens without judgment, reflects what she hears, and follows the client's priorities to shape sessions. This approach helps people who feel overwhelmed or unsure where to start and supports work on anxiety, self-esteem, and relationship concerns.Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, teaches skills for managing intense emotions and reducing reactive behavior. DBT can be useful for stress, anger, and situations where a person wants better emotional control and improved coping strategies.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Kelsey will partner with each person to identify goals and try methods that match those goals. She checks in regularly and adjusts the approach based on what is working and what is not, so therapy stays focused and practical.
Online therapy offers several ways to connect. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when seeing facial cues matters. Phone sessions can be easier when video would be difficult. Live chat and text-based messaging let people check in between sessions or fit brief conversations into a busy day. These options make it simpler to keep consistent contact and practice new skills in everyday life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Intimacy-related issues
- Life purpose
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Minnesota
- Languages
- English
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