How Kelsey works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LMSW
- Licensed in
- Michigan
- Years in practice
- 9
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Kelsey
Kelsey Devries is a Licensed Master Social Worker with nine years of experience helping people manage strong emotions and major life changes. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, addiction, grief, and anger. Kelsey aims to create a warm, interactive space where clients can talk honestly and work toward practical change.
Her approach centers on client-centered therapy that lets each person set the pace and goals. She pairs that with cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thinking and build new habits.
Background and approach
Dialectical behavior skills and mindfulness practices are used when emotion regulation and distress tolerance are needed. Kelsey brings experience across trauma, substance use concerns, relationship difficulties, and caregiver stress. She focuses on clearly defined steps so people leave sessions with tools they can try between meetings.
Sessions often include skill practice, problem solving, and checking what worked since the last visit. Clients who are dealing with anger, low self-esteem, or feeling overwhelmed by transitions may find the focus is on concrete changes alongside emotional understanding. Kelsey supports people working through attachment wounds, codependency, and communication problems too.
She offers video, phone, live chat, and text-based messaging for flexible scheduling. Sessions are matched through a short questionnaire and scheduled to fit each person’s needs. Kelsey works from Michigan and conducts therapy in English.
What Kelsey works with
Everything Kelsey lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Kelsey's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Depression
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Kelsey lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused 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 therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Client-centered therapy places the person’s goals first and involves listening, reflecting, and working at a pace that feels right for the client. This approach helps when someone needs a collaborative space to sort priorities and try new ways of coping.Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors. It is practical for anxiety, anger, depression, and habits tied to substance use. Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) skills teach emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and better interpersonal effectiveness when emotions feel overwhelming.
Finding the best approach is a shared process. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, try methods that fit those aims, and adjust the plan based on what helps. That collaborative tuning happens over the first few sessions and continues as goals change.
Online therapy allows the same therapeutic work over video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls let people use worksheets and see nonverbal cues, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat works for shorter check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between visits. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy days and to continue work even when schedules change.
Questions people ask about Kelsey
What concerns does Kelsey commonly address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, anger, addiction, trauma, grief, and low self-esteem, plus related issues like communication problems and caregiver stress.
What approach does she use in sessions?
Her style is client-centered with practical techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior skills, combined with mindfulness and motivational interviewing as needed.
How much experience does she have?
She has nine years of experience working in social work and clinical settings supporting people through trauma, substance use concerns, and relationship challenges.
Where is Kelsey licensed and based?
She is a Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) practicing in Michigan.
In what languages are sessions offered?
Sessions are offered in English only and she does not accept international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and communication preferences.
How does payment and cost work?
Session cost varies with location and therapist availability; services use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.