Works with
- Anger
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
How Kelli works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LPC, LIMHP
- Licensed in
- Nebraska, South Dakota, Louisiana
- Years in practice
- 9
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Kelli
Kelli Means is a licensed professional counselor who focuses on practical, down-to-earth work. She uses a conversational style and aims to help people manage strong feelings, addictive behaviors, and life changes. Kelli holds LPC and LIMHP credentials and brings nine years of clinical experience to her work in Nebraska.
Kelli meets people where they are and keeps sessions straightforward. She offers calm, direct feedback and adapts her approach to each person’s needs.
Background and approach
That can mean focusing on present problems, building coping skills, or helping someone find motivation for change. Her background includes work in inpatient psychiatric settings, outpatient therapy, school-based programs, and residential substance use treatment. Much of her career has been spent in nonprofit settings that serve people with limited resources.
This breadth of experience means she has worked with a wide range of concerns, from depression and anxiety to trauma and substance use. Kelli commonly helps with grief, relationship struggles, ADHD, bipolar disorder, and stress that shows up as anger or irritability. She also supports people facing compassion fatigue, fertility stress, dissociation, and issues tied to gender or sexual identity.
In sessions, she focuses on clear goals and practical steps. Her methods draw on client-centered listening, mindfulness, motivational interviewing, solution-focused work, and somatic techniques. Sessions are aimed at helping people learn to cope, set boundaries, and take manageable steps forward.
Kelli emphasizes collaboration and respects each person’s pace and choices.
What Kelli works with
Everything Kelli lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Kelli's practice.
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Anger management
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Antisocial personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Kelli lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How her approaches translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding each person without judgment. In online sessions this means the therapist tunes into a person’s goals and priorities and follows their lead to set the pace and topics of each meeting. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple awareness skills to notice thoughts, feelings, and body sensations; it can help with anxiety, stress, and anger by building calmer responses to triggering moments. Motivational Interviewing uses guided conversation to help someone find their own reasons to change; it’s often used for substance concerns and for building commitment to new habits.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Kelli will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. That decision is revisited as needed so the plan can change when progress or life circumstances change.
Online formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth or camera use is difficult. Live chat and text messaging offer short check-ins, brief skill practice, or ongoing support between longer sessions. These options help maintain continuity and make it simpler to stick with the work.
Questions people ask about Kelli
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with a broad set of concerns including addictions, trauma and abuse, depression, anxiety, bipolar symptoms, grief, anger, stress, and issues tied to LGBT identity.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is welcoming and conversational, with honest and sometimes blunt feedback when helpful. She adapts approaches to fit what a person needs and prefers.
What experience does she bring?
She has nine years of clinical experience in settings such as inpatient psychiatric units, outpatient therapy, school-based programs, and residential substance use treatment.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She holds LPC and LIMHP credentials and practices with a Nebraska location noted in her profile.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English only.
What session formats does she provide?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How are fees and payments handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin if I want to work with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.