About Kerrie
Kerrie Pelan is a licensed clinical social worker who brings a practical, down-to-earth style to therapy. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, mood concerns, and ADHD-related challenges. Kerrie emphasizes strengths and real steps so clients can make changes that fit their lives.
Kerrie uses straightforward talk and active techniques rather than long academic explanations. She helps people build motivation and stronger routines when life feels overwhelming. Sessions often include skill practice, clear goal-setting, and checks on what is and isn't working.
Background and approach
Her approach draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to help people spot unhelpful thoughts and change behaviors. She also uses mindfulness strategies to reduce worry and bring attention back to the present moment. Motivational interviewing is part of how she supports people finding the drive to change.
Kerrie has three years of professional experience and holds a New York LCSW, which means she is a licensed clinical social worker. She practices from New York and conducts sessions in English. People reach out to Kerrie for a range of concerns including relationship strain, grief, parenting stress, workplace pressure, trauma and emotional regulation.
She also supports those coping with life transitions, identity questions, and caregiver stress. Her work emphasizes collaboration so clients shape the goals and pace of therapy.
Approach and online therapy options
CBT, or cognitive behavioral therapy, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them through behavioral changes to reduce anxiety and mood symptoms. It is useful when worry, avoidance, or low mood keeps daily life feeling hard.Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to lessen rumination and increase calm. These skills can help when stress or racing thoughts make it difficult to focus or sleep.
Finding the right approach is a shared process. Kerrie will work with each person to decide which strategies fit their goals, needs, and daily routine. Together they set small goals, try methods, and adjust the plan based on what helps most.
Online sessions are offered as video calls for face-to-face work, phone sessions when video is not possible, and text-based options such as live chat or messaging for shorter check-ins or ongoing support. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, allow quick follow-ups between sessions, and provide flexibility for people who travel or work varying hours.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
Also listed
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English
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