- Family of origin issues
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Emotion regulation skills
About Kelly
Kelly Wooldridge is an LCSW licensed in Nevada with 30 years of clinical experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, anger, and a range of family-related concerns, including family of origin issues. Kelly also addresses trauma and abuse when clients bring those experiences to therapy.
She uses practical, talk-based work to help people notice patterns that repeat from childhood and then try different ways of responding. Sessions focus on clear strategies and skills from approaches such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy, alongside attention to attachment and relationship patterns. Kelly draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy ideas to help clients clarify values and take small, manageable steps toward them.
Her background includes long-term work across many settings with people who have struggled with grief, addiction, adoption and foster care concerns, and separation or divorce. That experience informs how she talks about family roles, communication problems, and feelings of emptiness or abandonment. She describes these topics plainly and works to make them understandable in everyday terms.
In sessions she typically helps people map patterns learned in their family of origin, practice communication skills, and develop emotion-regulation tools. She also addresses commitment and control issues and body image or identity concerns when they arise. The focus is on practical changes you can try between meetings.
If someone prefers to start by answering a few questions and scheduling a first meeting, the practice uses an online matching questionnaire and a subscription-based scheduling system that can be canceled at any time.
How her approaches translate to online work
Kelly commonly uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people clarify what matters to them and take small actions that align with those values. ACT emphasizes noticing thoughts and choosing actions based on values rather than on every passing feeling.She also draws on Attachment-Based Therapy to look at how early relationship patterns affect current connections. This work helps people recognize repeating roles and practice different ways of relating. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is another frequent tool, focusing on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with real-life experiments to reduce anxiety and depression.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. Kelly works collaboratively to decide which methods fit a person's goals and preferences, and she adjusts recommendations as things change. Clients and the therapist decide together whether to emphasize skills, values work, or attachment-focused conversations.
Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current online options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit meetings into a busy day, reduce time spent traveling, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. For many people these practical benefits help maintain consistency while they work on family patterns, mood, and communication skills.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
30+ years
Listed in
Nevada
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, anger, and family-related concerns including family of origin issues. Other areas include addiction, grief, and relationship problems.
How would she describe her therapeutic style?
Her approach is practical and talk-based, using strategies from CBT, DBT, ACT, and attachment-focused work to help people change patterns and build skills.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 30 years of professional work experience across a range of settings and presenting concerns.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is an LCSW licensed in Nevada and practices with that credential in that state.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English only.
Can international clients schedule with her?
International clients are not accepted at this time; sessions are provided for clients within the supported region.
How are sessions billed and what does it cost?
Cost varies by location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What do I do to begin working together?
Start by selecting the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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