About Kellie
Kellie Kizis is a licensed clinical social worker in Florida with 15 years of experience as a social worker and counselor. She draws on years working in hospitals, hospice, and a fitness center to support people facing medical, emotional, and life stressors. Her style is warm, interactive, and nonjudgmental.
She aims to partner with each person to problem-solve and create a clear plan for moving forward. Sessions focus on practical steps and steady support rather than jargon or quick fixes.
How Kellie works
Kellie helps people who are dealing with anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, and low self-esteem. She also supports those coping with parenting challenges, career strain, sleep or eating issues, and the effects of chronic illness or caregiving stress. Additional focus areas include adoption and foster care, aging and geriatric issues, autism and Asperger syndrome, body image, cancer, and first responder stress.
Her approach adapts to the person in front of her. She uses client-centered work, cognitive behavioral strategies, mindfulness, motivational interviewing, solution-focused methods, and trauma-focused techniques when appropriate. The goal is to match techniques to each person's needs and goals.
Kellie includes holistic perspectives in her work and draws on clinical experience from medical and hospice settings. She aims to support, empower, and celebrate progress while helping people build skills to handle future challenges.
Kellie lists 6 ways of working on the entry:
What Kellie works with
The areas below are the ones Kellie selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 15 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Florida |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
Approaches that translate well to online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and building a trusting relationship so people can set their own goals and feel understood. This approach helps when someone needs a supportive space to talk through hard choices, grief, or stress.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect and then teaches simple tools to change unhelpful patterns. It is often used for anxiety, depression, sleep and eating issues, and coping with life changes.
Mindfulness therapy teaches practical awareness skills to reduce reactivity and improve emotional regulation. Brief exercises and breathing techniques can be used between sessions to manage stress or overwhelm.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the therapeutic process. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals, comfort level, and daily life. Plans can change as needs evolve so clients help shape what comes next.
Online sessions are offered by licensed professionals through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and messaging or live chat work well for quick check-ins or brief coaching. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and access care from different locations.
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