- Client-centered
- CBT and DBT
- Focus on codependency
About Kelsey
Kelsey Devries is a Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, addiction concerns, and trauma. She brings nine years of experience to sessions and aims to create a warm, interactive space where clients can work toward clearer goals and better day-to-day coping. Kelsey encourages practical steps and honest conversation, and she supports people through life changes and relationship challenges.
Her approach combines client-centered work with evidence-based tools like cognitive behavioral techniques and DBT skills. She uses mindfulness practices and motivational interviewing to help people notice patterns and build new habits. Treatment plans are shaped by each person’s goals, not by a single method.
Kelsey has experience with a wide range of concerns, including grief, intimacy-related issues, parenting strains, and compassion fatigue. She also addresses attachment and abandonment worries, codependency, body image, and substance use problems. Her style is direct but gentle, with an emphasis on real-world problem solving.
In sessions she pays attention to how past experiences affect current choices. She helps people recognize unhelpful patterns and practice different ways of relating. Clients can expect a collaborative pace and room for small wins.
Kelsey works from Michigan and conducts sessions in English. She asks new clients to use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to her availability.
How Kelsey blends practical approaches for online care
Kelsey uses client-centered therapy to keep the focus on each person's priorities and experiences. This approach involves listening closely, reflecting what matters most to the client, and shaping sessions around their goals. It is useful when someone needs a supportive space to decide what changes matter most.She also draws on cognitive behavioral therapy, which helps identify unhelpful thoughts and test them with small behavioral experiments. CBT fits well for anxiety, depression, and many stress-related problems because it emphasizes clear steps and measurable progress. Dialectical behavior therapy skills are another tool she uses for emotion regulation and distress tolerance, offering concrete techniques to manage intense feelings.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will collaborate with clients to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences. That process can change over time as progress is made and priorities shift.
Please confirm current session options before booking, as specific online formats are not listed in the biography. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, offer shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time for appointments. Licensed professionals can adapt these approaches to work remotely and help clients use skills in everyday life.
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Experience
9+ years
Credentials
Michigan
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does Kelsey address?
She works with stress, anxiety, addiction, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, depression, grief, intimacy-related issues, parenting, and relationship or family concerns.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is warm and interactive, emphasizing practical steps and collaboration. She aims to make sessions conversational and goal oriented.
What is her clinical background and experience?
Kelsey has nine years of experience in the field and holds the LMSW credential, which is a Licensed Master Social Worker qualification.
Where is she based and what credentials does she hold?
She practices in Michigan and is listed with the LMSW credential.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the U.S. work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are sessions scheduled and what does cost look like?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin therapy?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions based on the therapist's availability.
Profile details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. Credential and registration rules differ between the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.