Kelsey Gries

You may be used to holding everything together, even when anxiety, depression, or painful experiences are making everyday life feel harder than you would like. Perhaps your mind rarely slows down, anger feels more difficult to manage, or past experiences continue to affect how safe, connected, and in control you feel today. I work with adults, adolescents, and seniors experiencing anxiety, bipolar disorder, depression, women's issues, and PTSD. These concerns can also overlap with ADHD, family challenges, stress management, anger management, panic disorders, grief or loss, substance use, or relationship difficulties, especially when emotional struggles and everyday responsibilities begin affecting one another. With more than 10 years of experience, I believe therapy should be a place where you feel genuinely heard, supported, and comfortable exploring what has been weighing on you. Together, we can build healthier ways of coping and help you feel more grounded, confident, and connected to yourself.

Our work will make room for both the person you are and the relationships, responsibilities, emotions, and experiences that have shaped you. We'll explore how anxiety, bipolar disorder, depression, women's issues, and PTSD may be affecting your emotional wellbeing, relationships, and ability to feel grounded in everyday life. I may use Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help you recognize patterns in thoughts and behaviors that contribute to distress and develop healthier ways of responding, Dialectical Behavior Therapy to build practical skills for regulating intense emotions and navigating difficult moments, and Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy to identify and challenge beliefs that may be making difficult emotions feel even more overwhelming. I may also draw from Motivational Interviewing to help you explore change without pressure while strengthening your own reasons for moving forward, and Solution Focused Brief Therapy to identify your existing strengths and turn the changes you want into practical, manageable steps. Our sessions will be collaborative, compassionate, and tailored to your individual needs, balancing deeper understanding with practical tools that support meaningful change.

You do not need to arrive with everything figured out or know exactly where therapy should begin. During our first few sessions, we will take time to understand what brought you here, what has been most difficult, and what you hope will feel different. Together, we will create goals that feel meaningful and realistic while deciding where it makes the most sense to start. You can expect me to bring warmth, encouragement, and thoughtful guidance to our conversations while creating a space where you can talk openly about difficult emotions, relationships, identity, or painful experiences without judgment. Progress may look like feeling less consumed by anxiety, feeling more stable through emotional highs and lows, reconnecting with yourself when depression feels heavy, feeling more confident expressing your needs, or developing a greater sense of safety and control after difficult experiences. We will continue checking in on your goals and adjusting our work based on what feels most helpful, helping you move forward with greater emotional balance, confidence, and hope for the future.