About Kelsey
Kelsey Forrest is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who brings seven years of clinical experience to her practice. She focuses on stress, anxiety, depression, ADHD, compassion fatigue, and LGBT concerns. Kelsey aims to create a calm, straightforward space where people can talk about what matters to them and set manageable goals.
Her work centers on practical strategies and a collaborative approach. She uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy along with person-centered and cognitive behavioral ideas to help people manage difficult feelings and daily challenges.
Background and approach
Sessions tend to focus on skills you can try between meetings and small behavior changes that add up over time. Kelsey often helps people who feel isolated, overwhelmed by work, or stuck in cycles of impulsivity and low mood. She supports those coping with communication problems, loneliness, self-esteem concerns, and issues common to young adults and women.
Conversations are paced to match each person’s needs and energy levels. Her background includes practice in Arizona and North Carolina, and she brings experience supporting neurodiverse and gender diverse people. Kelsey emphasizes listening first, then building plans that fit a person’s daily life rather than forcing a one-size-fits-all method.
People who choose her work together to notice what’s important, try new coping tools, and track progress in concrete ways. Her style is steady and goal-oriented, with space for honesty and small wins.
Therapeutic approaches you can use online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people clarify their values and take small committed steps toward a meaningful life despite difficult feelings. It focuses on noticing thoughts and choosing actions that match what matters. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, teaches concrete skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and better interpersonal interactions. It is useful for managing intense emotions and impulsive reactions.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Kelsey collaborates with each person to identify which methods fit their goals and daily life. Together they try tools, track what helps, and adjust the plan so therapy feels useful and relevant to real-world challenges.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions let people meet face-to-face when visual cues help. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a quicker check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging support shorter, ongoing contact and gentle reminders between meetings. These options make scheduling easier and help fit therapy into busy routines.
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- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Arizona, North Carolina
- Languages
- English
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