Kelsey Forrest , LCSW

Kelsey Forrest is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with seven years of clinical experience. She uses a practical, person-focused approach to help people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and the challenges that come with ADHD. Kelsey centers care on the individual's goals and daily life rather than jargon or rigid rules.

She often blends Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy with client-centered work. That means sessions usually focus on values, coping skills, and clear problem-solving. Kelsey helps people notice what matters to them and build small, steady changes toward those goals.

Kelsey has worked with gender-diverse and neurodiverse people and pays attention to how identity affects mental health. She also supports issues common to women, including self-worth, workplace strain, and the emotional load many women carry. Conversations are collaborative and paced to match each person's needs.

Practical skill-building is a common part of sessions. That can include emotion regulation tools, behavioral experiments, and strategies to manage impulsivity or overwhelm. Kelsey aims to translate insights from therapy into everyday routines that feel doable.

She holds LCSW credentials in Arizona and North Carolina. Sessions are offered in English and arranged to fit schedules through online formats like video or phone, plus messaging options for check-ins.

Therapeutic approaches that translate to online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take small actions that align with those values. It focuses less on changing every thought and more on building a meaningful life through committed steps. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) teaches concrete skills for regulating emotions, managing impulsivity, and improving interpersonal effectiveness, which can be practiced between sessions and applied to daily stressors.

Choosing the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and how symptoms show up in daily life to decide which methods to emphasize. That collaborative process lets the plan evolve as progress and challenges appear.

Online formats like video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video mimics in-person sessions for deeper conversation, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, and messaging options are useful for brief check-ins or practicing skills between appointments. These options give flexibility for scheduling, quick follow-ups, and using skills in real time while continuing work toward goals.