About Kevin
Kevin Kelsey is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 26 years of experience. He focuses on practical, down-to-earth support for people dealing with stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, life transitions, and attention challenges like ADHD. He aims to create a calm space where someone can talk through what's worrying them and find clearer next steps.
Kevin keeps sessions straightforward and goal-oriented. He uses methods that help people build better coping skills, strengthen motivation, and solve immediate problems.
Background and approach
Conversations often include working on daily routines, improving focus, and practicing small behavior changes that add up over time. He draws on Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills to teach emotion regulation and interpersonal effectiveness. Motivational Interviewing helps when someone feels stuck or unsure about change.
Solution-Focused Therapy guides short-term goal setting and practical problem solving. Across his career Kevin has worked in different care settings and with many kinds of life concerns. That experience informs a flexible approach that adapts to what each person needs in the moment.
He emphasizes clear steps and measurable progress rather than vague concepts. Many people come to Kevin wanting relief from daily overwhelm or help managing attention and focus. He supports people who want to build better habits, improve self-worth, and navigate major life changes.
Conversations are respectful, direct, and aimed at getting people back to functioning better in day-to-day life.
Approach-driven online care for focus and coping
Kevin uses Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills to teach concrete techniques for managing intense emotions and improving relationships. DBT is helpful for people who want clear tools for calming down, staying steady, and communicating more effectively.He also uses Motivational Interviewing to help people find reasons to change and build momentum. That approach works well when someone feels stuck or uncertain about next steps, and it focuses on personal values and small achievable moves.
Finding the right approach is something he figures out together with each person. He listens to goals and preferences, then blends techniques that match those needs. The process is collaborative and adjusts as progress is made so the plan stays useful and realistic.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video works well for full sessions with visual cues, phone calls are useful when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging can fit into busy days or provide shorter check-ins. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into work, school, or family routines and to keep momentum between sessions.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 26 years
- Licensed
- California, Illinois
- Languages
- English
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