About Kellie
Kellie Gainey is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) based in New York who helps people facing anxiety, depression, stress, relationship struggles, and identity questions. She also supports those coping with trauma, grief, addictions, parenting concerns, and life changes. Her work includes attention to LGBTQ matters, body image, ADHD, and intimacy-related issues.
She uses practical tools to change unhelpful thinking patterns and build coping skills. Sessions often include mindfulness exercises, skill practice for emotions, and conversational work to understand difficult experiences.
Background and approach
The tone is collaborative and direct. Her approach mixes Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and client-centered methods. That means clients learn both new skills and ways to accept hard feelings while moving toward what matters.
She also brings existential ideas about meaning and choice. Kellie identifies as a queer clinician and works from kink/BDSM positive, non-monogamous positive, and fat/body positive perspectives. She aims to create a respectful, nonjudgmental space where people can speak openly about identity and desire.
Sessions are offered by video, phone, live chat, or text messaging to fit different needs and schedules. She has seven years of clinical experience and holds a New York LMHC credential. If someone wants to explore therapy, she encourages an initial conversation to see if the fit feels right.
Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them while choosing actions that fit their values. This approach can be useful for anxiety, depression, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors, making it a practical choice for stress, mood concerns, and coping skills. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers concrete emotion regulation and interpersonal skills training to manage intense emotions and improve relationships.Kellie works collaboratively with clients to find what fits best. She will discuss goals, mix approaches when helpful, and adjust methods as progress and needs change. Figuring out the right blend of tools is part of the early work together rather than a fixed choice up front.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and shorter check-ins or ongoing support can happen by live chat or messaging. These options let people fit therapy into work breaks, caregiving schedules, or other routines while still working with a licensed professional.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English