Felicia Kelley, LCSW

Felicia Kelley is a licensed clinical social worker practicing in California with nine years of experience. She focuses on stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, and helping people adjust to life changes. Felicia frames clients as the expert on their own story and offers steady support as they make change.

Her style is warm and straightforward. She listens first, then helps people identify small, practical steps to feel better. Sessions emphasize clear goals and everyday tools that can be used between meetings.

Felicia uses a mix of approaches drawn from cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, mindfulness, motivational interviewing, and client-centered work. That mix lets her help with strong emotions, unhelpful thinking patterns, and difficulties with motivation. She also helps individuals manage caregiver stress, compassion fatigue, and relationship communication problems.

In session she will often break problems into manageable parts. She helps people spot patterns in thinking and behavior and practices new responses together. Mindfulness and grounding exercises are used when emotions feel overwhelming.

Felicia supports work on forgiveness, guilt and shame, self-love, and finding purpose. She also addresses social anxiety, workplace strain, impulsivity, and feelings of isolation. Her aim is to help people build skills that fit their daily lives and values.

How online approaches and skills work together

Felicia commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness-based strategies. Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing small behavior changes to reduce anxiety and depression. Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to calm strong emotions and improve moment-to-moment awareness.

She also draws from client-centered principles to keep the work collaborative. That means she will help you figure out which methods feel most useful and adjust the plan as goals and needs evolve. Deciding on an approach is a shared process based on your concerns and preferences.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls are useful when you want face-to-face interaction, phone sessions can fit shorter check-ins or lower bandwidth needs, live chat can be helpful for brief reflections between meetings, and messaging supports ongoing skills practice. These options give flexibility for different schedules and daily routines while keeping the focus on practical skill-building and steady progress.