Kilee Mikell , LICSW

Kilee Mikell is a licensed independent clinical social worker who helps people manage anxiety, depression, relationship stress, trauma, and life transitions. She works with adults facing parenting strain, work-related stress, compassion fatigue, and challenges tied to chronic health or ADHD. Her approach is down-to-earth and direct. Sessions focus on what is going on now and what the person wants to change.

In the room she listens closely and reflects what she hears so people feel understood. She uses practical techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and to build different habits. Mindfulness methods and skills from dialectical behavior therapy are used to reduce emotional overwhelm and improve distress tolerance.

Motivational interviewing helps when someone is unsure about change or struggling with addiction or unhealthy routines. Client-centered therapy guides the pace and focus so the person leads the work while the therapist offers support and tools. Kilee combines these methods to match each person's needs rather than using one fixed plan.

Her background includes eight years working with adults on grief, intimacy concerns, sleeping problems, anger, low self-esteem, career stress, and caregiver burden. She also addresses abandonment, body image, codependency, and first responder issues among other focuses.

Kilee practices as an AL LICSW in Alabama and carries experience helping people make small, practical changes that add up over time. She aims for a collaborative style where goals are clear and progress is tracked step by step.

Practical approaches for online support

Client-centered therapy focuses on the person's priorities and pace. It means the therapist listens, asks questions, and follows what matters most to the client while offering empathy and reflective feedback. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect. It provides tools to test beliefs, shift patterns, and build new, healthier habits for problems like anxiety, depression, and sleep issues.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Kilee will collaborate with each person to pick methods that fit their goals, preferences, and day-to-day life. That may mean combining CBT skills, mindfulness practices, and DBT strategies so sessions help with emotional regulation, stress, or substance use concerns.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to add flexibility. Video sessions let people use visual cues and more interactive exercises. Phone calls are useful when bandwidth is limited or a quick check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging can work for brief updates, coping prompts between sessions, or for people who prefer writing over talking. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and varied routines.