Therapy for Adults Seeking Clarity, Healing, and Meaningful Change.
Therapy with me is a collaborative, compassionate process grounded in curiosity and respect for your inner experience. I support adults navigating anxiety, depression, life transitions, chronic stress or pain, and relationship patterns by helping them reconnect with their inner wisdom and build greater emotional balance and self-understanding.
Internal Family Systems (IFS)
Many people come to therapy feeling confused by their own reactions, wanting one thing but doing another, or feeling torn between love, anger, guilt, and fear. Internal Family Systems (IFS) offers a compassionate way to understand these inner experiences rather than judge them.
Internal Family Systems (IFS) is a compassionate, evidence-based therapy that helps you understand and heal your inner world. Rather than viewing emotions or reactions as problems to eliminate, IFS recognizes that each of us has different parts, much like an internal family, each with its own perspective, role, and intention.
You may notice parts of you that want very different things. For example, one part may be motivated to work out, while another longs to rest on the couch. Or one part may deeply love your partner, while another feels hurt or angry. These inner conflicts are normal and human.
In IFS, we gently explore these parts, often called protectors, and the roles they play in your life. As you build curiosity and compassion toward them, you begin to develop a more trusting relationship with yourself, your emotions, and your reactions. Over time, this process creates greater clarity, emotional balance, and a deeper sense of inner calm and self-leadership
If you’re interested in hearing a brief explanation of Internal Family Systems from its founder, Dr. Richard Schwartz, the short video below offers a helpful overview.
Dr. Richard Schwartz explains Internal Family Systems (IFS)
Spiritual Integration & Christian Counseling
Kelley is a Christian and spiritually integrated psychotherapist who warmly welcomes individuals of all faiths, backgrounds, and belief systems. She recognizes that spirituality can be an important source of meaning, resilience, and healing for many people.
When desired by the client, spiritual or faith-based perspectives—including Christian values, can be thoughtfully integrated into therapy.
Cognitive-Behavioral and Mindfulness-Based Therapy (CBT / MBCT)
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) are evidence-based approaches that help you understand patterns of thinking, emotional responses, and behaviors that may be keeping you stuck.
Together, they support both insight and change, while cultivating greater awareness, balance, and resilience.
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on understanding how thoughts influence emotions and behaviors. In our work together, we approach thoughts with curiosity rather than judgment, recognizing that certain beliefs or reactions often come from parts of you that are trying to protect or help in some way. Using CBT strategies within a parts-informed framework, we explore these patterns and develop practical ways to respond with greater choice and flexibility so you can pause, reflect, and act in alignment with your values rather than reacting automatically.
Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) complements this work by helping you cultivate awareness and steadiness in the present moment. Through mindfulness practices, you learn to relate to thoughts and emotions with curiosity and compassion rather than judgment. This approach supports a return to self-leadership, where qualities such as calmness, clarity, courage, connection, and confidence naturally emerge.
When used together, CBT and MBCT provide both structure and spaciousness, offering practical tools for change while fostering a more grounded, mindful relationship with yourself.
This integrated approach is especially helpful for anxiety, stress, depression, and patterns of overthinking or emotional reactivity.
Mindbody Therapy for Chronic Pain & Stress-Related Symptoms
Living with chronic pain or ongoing physical symptoms can feel exhausting, especially when you’ve tried everything and nothing seems to help.
Mindbody symptoms are very real. They are not “all in your head,” and they do not mean your body is broken. From an IFS-informed perspective, symptoms often reflect the nervous system, and protective parts of us, working hard to keep us safe during times of prolonged stress, emotional overload, or unresolved experiences.
Many people recognize this connection naturally: a headache after a stressful day, tight shoulders during conflict, or stomach discomfort when feeling anxious. When certain feelings don’t feel safe to acknowledge, the body may step in to express distress through physical symptoms.
Mind-body therapy offers a gentle, compassionate way to get curious about these patterns, build safety in the nervous system, and develop a more trusting relationship with your bod, so healing can unfold at its own pace.
Mind-body symptoms may also be referred to as psychosomatic symptoms, somatic symptoms, stress-related conditions, or TMS (Tension Myositis Syndrome).
Therapy is collaborative, paced, and tailored to your needs. Sessions may include conversation, gentle inquiry into emotional patterns, mindfulness or body-based awareness, and practical tools to support daily life.
You set the pace. We focus on building safety, self-understanding, and sustainable change rather than quick fixes.
How We’ll Work Together
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