Kellie Kizis, LCSW

Licensed in Florida · 15 years in practice

Kellie Kizis is a licensed clinical social worker in Florida with more than 15 years of experience in social work and counseling.

License and registration

LCSW, Florida: SW14696 · expires March 2027
NPI: 1114429024 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 15
Languages: English

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About Kellie

Kellie Kizis is a licensed clinical social worker in Florida with more than 15 years of experience in social work and counseling. She combines practical experience from hospitals, hospice, and a fitness center to help people facing medical, emotional, and life transition challenges. Kellie brings a warm, interactive, and nonjudgmental style to conversations.

She aims to partner with clients to problem-solve and find workable next steps. Her work often addresses stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar mood concerns, and coping with life changes.

Background and approach

She also helps people dealing with grief, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, compassion fatigue, and caregiver strain. Parenting challenges, sleep or eating issues, career concerns, and ADHD are also areas she supports. Kellie uses a range of approaches guided by each person’s needs.

She draws on client-centered techniques to focus on the person’s goals, cognitive behavioral ideas to break unhelpful patterns, and mindfulness tools to reduce reactivity. Motivational interviewing and solution-focused methods help with concrete goal-setting and small steps forward. Her background working around medical care and bereavement informs how she supports people with cancer, chronic illness, and end-of-life caregiving issues.

She also has a practice interest in adoption and foster care, aging and geriatric issues, autism and Asperger syndrome, and body image concerns. Kellie accepts international clients and conducts sessions in English. She combines practical problem-solving with gentle support to help people move toward clearer choices and improved daily functioning.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Kellie lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Stress, Anxiety
Trauma and abuse
Grief
Self esteem
Compassion fatigue
Family conflicts
Eating disorders
Sleeping disorders
Parenting issues
Anger management
Career difficulties
Bipolar disorder
Depression
Coping with life changes
Coaching
ADHD
Adoption and foster care
Aging and geriatric issues
Autism and Asperger Syndrome
Body image
Cancer
Caregiver issues and stress
Chronic pain, illness, and disability
Co-morbidity
Communication problems
Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
Emptiness
Family problems
First responder issues
Forgiveness
Guilt and shame
Hospice and end-of-life counseling
Impulsivity
Intellectual disability
Isolation / loneliness
Life purpose
Mood disorders
Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
Panic disorder and panic attacks
Postpartum depression
Post-traumatic stress
Pregnancy and childbirth
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Self-harm
Self-love
Women's issues
Workplace issues
Young adult issues

Approaches Kellie names

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Online support

How Kellie Uses Practical Approaches Online

Client-centered therapy focuses on the person’s goals. The therapist listens, follows the client’s lead, and helps shape steps that fit daily life. This approach is useful when someone wants respect for their values and a collaborative pace.

Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and behaviors interact. Sessions include identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and trying small behavioral experiments to change mood and routine. That approach often helps with anxiety, depression, and sleep or eating concerns.

Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and grounding practices to reduce reactivity. Short exercises or breathing practices are used during sessions to help with stress, trauma responses, and emotional overwhelm.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will help figure out which methods fit best based on the client’s goals, needs, and preferences. That plan can change over time as progress is made and priorities shift.

Online sessions use video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to offer flexibility. Video is useful for fuller interaction and visual cues. Phone calls work well when bandwidth is limited or a quieter setting is preferred. Live chat or text messaging can be a shorter check-in or another way to process between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving, and travel commitments.

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Questions people ask

What concerns does Kellie commonly address?

She works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar concerns, grief, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, compassion fatigue, parenting and family problems, sleep and eating issues, career questions, ADHD, and coping with life changes.

What is her therapy style like in sessions?

Her style is warm, interactive, and nonjudgmental. Sessions focus on partnership, practical problem solving, and creating small, achievable steps toward stated goals.

How much clinical experience does she have?

She has 15 years of experience working as a social worker and counselor in settings such as hospitals, hospice, and a fitness center.

What credentials and location are listed?

She is a licensed clinical social worker - LCSW - licensed in Florida and provides services from that region.

Which languages and international options are available?

Sessions are offered in English, and she accepts international clients.

What session formats are offered?

She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.

How is cost handled for sessions?

Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions are delivered through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

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