About Kellie
Kellie Gainey is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) based in New York. She focuses on common struggles like stress, anxiety, depression, ADHD, and self-esteem. Kellie aims to make beginning therapy feel manageable and direct.
Her approach is conversational and practical. Kellie works with people dealing with grief, trauma and abuse, addiction, and career or relationship concerns. She also supports those facing parenting stress, compassion fatigue, and life transitions.
Sessions often include hands-on coping tools and attention to how thoughts shape feelings and behavior.
Background and approach
Her style blends several therapeutic approaches. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps identify unhelpful thinking patterns. Dialectical Behavior Therapy adds emotion regulation and distress-tolerance skills.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy supports values-driven choices. Kellie describes herself as queer and brings an affirming stance to LGBT concerns. She practices kink/BDSM positive, non-monogamous positive, and fat/body positive approaches.
This helps people feel seen when their identities or sexual expression matter to the issue at hand. Clients can expect practical work on communication, boundaries, and coping strategies. Therapy sessions may include mindfulness exercises and creative expression when useful.
The overall aim is clearer self-connection and more effective day-to-day functioning. Kellie has seven years of counseling experience and holds a New York LMHC credential. She offers sessions in English and provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) encourages people to notice thoughts without getting stuck in them and to take steps that match their values. It can help with anxiety, depression, ADHD-related struggles, and life transitions by focusing on meaningful action rather than getting caught up in unhelpful thinking.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches practical skills to change patterns that cause distress. It is often used for anxiety, low mood, and stress by building clear tools for everyday situations.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with clients about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful, then collaborate on which methods to try. Sessions evolve over time based on progress and changing needs.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls let people use visual cues and longer conversation. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a quieter voice check-in is preferred. Live chat and messaging allow brief check-ins, written reflection, and ongoing support between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or busy schedules while keeping the focus on practical skills and steady progress.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English
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