Kelley Sullivan, LCSW
Therapist offering steady, narrative-informed care
Details
| Name | Kelley Sullivan |
|---|---|
| Credentials | LCSW |
| Based in | Colorado |
| Licensed in | Texas, Washington, Oregon, Colorado |
| Session format | Online |
| Languages | English, Spanish |
| Years in practice | 19 |
About Kelley
Kelley Sullivan is a licensed clinical social worker with 19 years of experience helping people through hard moments. She practices in Colorado and brings a steady, compassionate presence to sessions. Kelley listens first and helps people find words for what they are feeling.
Her work focuses on common and complex concerns like anxiety, depression, trauma and grief. She also supports people facing relationship strain, struggles with addiction, questions about intimacy, and issues around self-esteem and body image.
Background and approach
She pays attention to how life events such as caregiving, illness, adoption history, or aging shape someone’s day-to-day experience. Kelley uses practical methods to help people notice unhelpful patterns and try out different ways of responding. She often draws on Narrative ideas to help people rewrite painful stories about themselves.
Cognitive Behavioral techniques help with symptoms like worry and low mood, and Attachment-based ideas come into play around relationships and trust. Sessions are straightforward and collaborative. Kelley helps clients set clear, manageable goals and practices skills between meetings.
She offers services in English and Spanish and accepts international clients when appropriate. Kelley works with adults on a wide range of life concerns. People typically meet by video, phone, chat, or messaging depending on what fits their routine.
Getting started begins with a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a first session.
What this therapist works with
Her listing names Stress, Anxiety, Relationship issues, Trauma and abuse among the things Kelley works with, alongside the areas below.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches listed
- Narrative Therapy: Named in her listing among her approaches.
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): Listed by Kelley among the ways she works.
- Attachment-Based Therapy: Listed by Kelley among the ways she works.
- Client-Centered Therapy: Listed by Kelley among the ways she works.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Listed by Kelley among the ways she works.
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT): Listed by Kelley among the ways she works.
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT): Listed by Kelley among the ways she works.
- Existential Therapy: Listed by Kelley among the ways she works.
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR): Listed by Kelley among the ways she works.
- Gottman Method: Listed by Kelley among the ways she works.
- Imago Relationship Therapy: Listed by Kelley among the ways she works.
- Jungian Therapy: Listed by Kelley among the ways she works.
- Mindfulness Therapy: Listed by Kelley among the ways she works.
- Motivational Interviewing: Listed by Kelley among the ways she works.
- Psychodynamic Therapy: Listed by Kelley among the ways she works.
- Solution-Focused Therapy: Listed by Kelley among the ways she works.
- Somatic Therapy: Listed by Kelley among the ways she works.
- Trauma-Focused Therapy: Listed by Kelley among the ways she works.
- Internal Family Systems: Listed by Kelley among the ways she works.
- Systemic Therapy: Listed by Kelley among the ways she works.
- Training stated: This directory copies the approaches a therapist names and does not check training records. Ask Kelley directly how much of the work is narrative and what a session usually looks like.
Narrative Therapy in this listing
Narrative Therapy appears in this therapist's own list of approaches. That tells you it is part of how she works. It does not tell you how much of a session it shapes, and this directory does not check or rate training.
If a narrative approach is what you are looking for, it is worth asking Kelley directly how she uses it and what a session usually looks like.
Online session options
Therapeutic approaches to use online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on noticing painful thoughts and choosing actions that match personal values. It can help with anxiety, persistent worry, and building a life that feels meaningful despite hard feelings. Narrative Therapy looks at the stories people tell about themselves and their lives. Online sessions can use this to separate problems from the person and rewrite limiting narratives into more helpful ones.Attachment-based work explores how early and current relationship patterns affect trust and closeness today. It is useful when relationship struggles or fears of abandonment shape how someone connects with others. Kelley draws on these approaches to tailor a plan that fits each person's goals and preferences. Finding the right approach is a shared process. Kelley will talk about options, try techniques, and adjust based on what helps. Clients and therapist decide together which methods to emphasize as therapy progresses. Online formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions work when bandwidth or camera use is limited, and live chat or text messaging suit quick check-ins or people who prefer writing. These options support flexible scheduling, steady follow-up between sessions, and easier access for international clients.
Common questions about this listing
What concerns does Kelley address?
She helps with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, and a range of other concerns such as addiction, eating and sleeping problems, and self-esteem.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is collaborative and plainspoken. Kelley listens carefully, helps name patterns, and uses practical exercises clients can try between sessions.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Kelley brings 19 years of professional experience as a licensed clinical social worker supporting people through many kinds of life challenges.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds LCSW credentials and practices out of Colorado while maintaining licensing records in Texas and Oregon.
In which languages are sessions available?
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish. She also accepts international clients when arrangements suit both parties.
What session formats does she use?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How does cost and billing work?
Costs vary by location and therapist availability and use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin therapy?
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