About Kelli
Kelli Means uses a client-centered style that puts the person first. She combines straightforward conversation with practical skills. Kelli focuses on helping people manage anxiety, depression, addictions, trauma, and life changes.
She has nine years of experience and holds LPC and LIMHP credentials. Kelli emphasizes clear, honest interaction. Sessions are conversational and aimed at meeting the person where they are.
She blends client-centered work with mindfulness, motivational interviewing, solution-focused planning, and body-focused somatic techniques when helpful.
How Kelli works
Her background includes work in outpatient therapy, school-based settings, residential drug and alcohol treatment, and inpatient psychiatric care during graduate training. Much of her clinical time has been spent in community and nonprofit programs that serve people with limited resources.
Kelli has supported people facing a wide range of concerns, including bipolar disorder, trauma and abuse, grief, self-esteem, anger, and first responder issues. She also works with ADHD, gender dysphoria, addiction, relationship struggles, and compassion fatigue. Specific focuses include communication problems, codependency, dissociation, and coping after disasters.
She aims to build trust and teach skills people can use on their own. Kelli says her role is to guide rather than fix, and she tailors direct feedback and blunt honesty to each person’s needs. She works in English and is based in Nebraska.
To begin, a person completes a short matching questionnaire and schedules sessions based on the posted options. Sessions may be held via video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging, and subscription plans can be canceled at any time.
Kelli lists 6 ways of working on the entry:
What Kelli works with
The areas below are the ones Kelli selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Stress, Anxiety
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Registers | LPC, LIMHP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 9 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Nebraska |
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Online support options
How client-centered and online methods work together
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening closely and following the person's lead. The therapist offers empathy, reflection, and nonjudgmental support so the person feels understood and can set their own goals.Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and breathing skills to reduce reactivity and ease anxiety or stress. Motivational interviewing uses guided questions and gentle feedback to help someone find reasons to change, which can be useful for addictions or ambivalence about treatment.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will discuss options and collaborate with the person to choose techniques that fit their goals, preferences, and comfort level. That shared planning happens over the first few sessions and can be adjusted as needed.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions work well when lower bandwidth or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging let people check in between sessions or use therapy in small, frequent steps. These formats make it easier to fit appointments into work, school, or caregiving schedules while still using client-centered, mindfulness, or motivational methods.
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