About Irene
Irene Kepler greets people who are feeling overwhelmed, anxious, or stuck and wants to help them take practical steps forward. She is an Arizona licensed clinical social worker with two decades of experience. Irene uses clear language and straightforward strategies so parents and individuals can understand next steps quickly.
She focuses on stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, and addiction concerns. Irene also helps with relationship and intimacy issues, grief, eating and sleeping problems, ADHD, and caregiving strain.
How Irene works
She works with LGBTQ concerns, gender dysphoria, and a range of family-related challenges such as adoption, attachment, and divorce concerns. Irene draws on approaches like cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, mindfulness, motivational interviewing, and solution-focused work. Sessions aim to identify unhelpful patterns, build new coping skills, and set small, achievable goals.
She explains tools in plain language and practices them together in session. With 22 years of practice as an LMSW and LCSW, Irene blends clinical experience with practical problem solving. Her background includes work across stress, trauma, and family difficulty, which informs how she tailors care to each person's situation.
She encourages honesty and steady progress. People who choose her can expect a calm, direct approach that respects each person’s pace. Irene emphasizes collaboration and clear next steps so clients leave sessions with something to try before the next visit.
Irene lists 7 ways of working on the entry:
What Irene works with
The areas below are the ones Irene selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Intimacy-related issues
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Registers | LMSW, LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 22 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Arizona |
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Online support options
Approaches that fit online care
CBT, or cognitive behavioral therapy, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and changing behaviors that keep problems going. It is often used for anxiety, depression, sleep and eating concerns, and stress-related patterns. DBT, or dialectical behavior therapy, teaches concrete skills for managing intense emotions, improving relationships, and tolerating distress in the moment. Mindfulness therapy helps people notice thoughts and bodily sensations without judgment and can reduce reactivity to stress.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Irene will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals and comfort level. She explains options, tries techniques together, and adjusts the plan based on what helps most over time.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction for skill practice and deeper conversation. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is low or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging provide shorter check-ins, quick coping reminders, or support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and keep momentum between meetings.
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