Kelly Chaiken-Crooks is a Licensed Professional Counselor who helps people manage stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, parenting challenges, trauma, grief, and mood concerns.
01About Kelly
Kelly Chaiken-Crooks is a Licensed Professional Counselor who helps people manage stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, parenting challenges, trauma, grief, and mood concerns. She offers straightforward support for issues like depression, ADHD, addictions, low self-esteem, and intimacy or anger problems. Kelly aims to create a respectful, non-judgmental space where clients can talk and decide what changes to make.
Kelly takes a collaborative approach. Early sessions focus on understanding what matters to the client and setting clear, practical goals.
Background and approach
She adapts methods to each person instead of using one approach for everyone. Sessions are focused on making small, useful changes that fit real life. Her work draws on client-centered ideas, cognitive behavioral techniques, mindfulness, motivational interviewing, and solution-focused strategies.
That mix helps with emotional regulation, changing unhelpful patterns, and building better communication skills. For trauma-related concerns she integrates approaches that address painful memories while keeping the client’s current safety and coping skills in view. Kelly has five years of experience providing counseling in outpatient and community settings.
She has helped people at different life stages work through family problems, relationship conflicts, abandonment and foster care issues, caregiver stress, and the fallout from infidelity or separation. Her style is direct but compassionate; she will offer honest observations alongside practical tools. Clients in Michigan can expect clear steps, regular check-ins on progress, and adjustments when something isn’t working.
Conversations are paced to the client’s needs, with options for shorter check-ins or deeper work depending on goals.
02Credentials
- LPC (Michigan)
- License 6401017925 · expires November 2026
- NPI
- 1891237723 · national provider identifier
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03Focus areas and approaches
Everything Kelly lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Divorce and separation
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Mood disorders
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Methods Kelly names
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
These are the methods Kelly names on their own professional profile. Naming an approach is not evidence of training or certification in it, and this directory checks no training records. Ask directly if it matters to you.
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04Online support
Therapeutic approaches for online counseling
Kelly uses client-centered therapy, which means sessions begin with the client’s priorities and values. This approach focuses on listening, reflecting, and helping people find their own solutions to relationship, parenting, or life-change issues.She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, a hands-on approach that looks at how thoughts and behaviors affect mood. CBT offers practical exercises and new skills for anxiety, depression, and coping with stress.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to choose methods based on needs, goals, and how the client prefers to work. Adjustments are made over time when something isn’t helping.
Online sessions can be done as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, offering flexibility for different schedules. Video is useful for more in-depth conversation and skill practice, while phone calls may fit during a break or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and messaging can be used for shorter check-ins, progress notes, or when a person prefers writing to talking. These options make it easier to keep regular appointments and to use therapy tools in everyday life.
05Questions people ask
What concerns does Kelly help with?
Kelly supports people coping with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and parenting issues, trauma and abuse, addictions, grief, mood disorders, ADHD, and related concerns.
What is Kelly's therapeutic style like?
Her style is collaborative and direct. She works with clients to set clear goals and uses practical tools suited to everyday life.
What kinds of experience does she have?
Kelly has five years of experience providing counseling in outpatient and community settings, working with individuals and couples across varied concerns.
What are Kelly's credentials and where is she located?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Michigan.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the United States work with Kelly?
International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on preference.
How does the cost and getting started process work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist's availability.
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