- Anger management skills
- Cognitive restructuring
- Mindfulness practice
About Kellie
Kellie Gainey is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) in New York with seven years of clinical experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, depression, anger, relationship and intimacy concerns, and other life changes. She also supports people dealing with trauma, grief, ADHD, addiction, and issues around identity and self-esteem.
Her approach combines concrete skills work with personal reflection. Sessions focus on practical coping strategies, ways to notice and shift unhelpful thinking, and methods to regulate strong emotions. She uses techniques to help people identify patterns that keep them stuck and to try different responses in everyday life.
Kellie draws from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, and Existential ideas. Mindfulness and creative expression are used to help people notice what matters to them and to build more effective habits. Therapy can include talking, behavioral experiments, and simple exercises to practice between sessions.
She practices from an identity-affirming stance and states a kink/BDSM positive, non-monogamy positive, and fat/body positive position. That means she aims to respect a person’s sexual and body identities while exploring related challenges such as shame, communication, and boundaries.
Sessions emphasize collaboration. Kellie helps people set clear goals, track what works, and adjust plans when needed. To begin, prospective clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.
How her approaches translate to online work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice what matters to them and take small steps aligned with those values. It focuses on building willingness to feel difficult emotions while acting in ways that matter. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) targets the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches specific exercises to change patterns that feed anger and anxiety. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) emphasizes emotion regulation and interpersonal effectiveness skills useful for intense moments and relationship conflicts.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, try methods that fit the person’s needs, and adjust the plan when something isn’t working. Clients and therapist decide together which techniques to emphasize and which homework tasks to try between sessions.
Confirm the current online session options before booking, as formats are not listed here. Online sessions can make it easier to fit work on coping skills into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. They also let people practice skills in real-life settings and bring recent situations into the session for direct problem-solving.
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Experience
7+ years
Listed in
New York
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, anger, relationship and intimacy issues, trauma, grief, ADHD, addiction, self-esteem, and related concerns.
What is her general therapy style?
Her style blends skills training with reflective work. Expect practical coping techniques alongside exploration of values and meaning.
How much experience does she have?
She has seven years of one-on-one counseling experience in New York.
What are her credentials and location?
She is a New York Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) based in New York.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Does she accept international clients?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are sessions structured and what formats are available?
Confirm current session formats before booking; the profile does not list specific session formats. The therapist uses a short matching questionnaire to begin.
How does cost and starting therapy work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To start, complete the short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.