Kelsey Cretekos

Hello and Welcome!

My name is Kelsey and I was born and raised in the Rochester, NY area. I completed my graduate program at the School of Social Work at UB in 2020. Since then, I have been a practicing licensed social worker within areas of legal family court systems, human traffic victims, community mental health, and psychiatric emergency/inpatient care. Throughout my work I have found the areas I specialize within are Anxiety, Depression, Trauma PTSD/C-PTSD, and Mood Disorders.

I offer a calm, empathetic, and non-judgemental style to the way that I practice. With the use of effective evidence based interventions, I aim to treat the whole person and not just presenting symptoms. Trauma changes us, but neuroplasticity exists and I believe that with adequate therapy we can all take back control of our lives. I have experience with diverse ethnicities and groups including BIPOC and/or LGBTQ+. Skilled in facilitating therapy through American Sign Language (ASL) and spoke language interpreters.

During our first session we will go over intake paperwork and I will obtain a biopsychosocial assessment and overview of you as my client. Together, we will determine treatment planning goals and objectives. You are the driver. I am simply providing a map with various roads we can take together. I hope that you will join me on this journey of healing and we can develop a trusting relationship.