About Kelly
Kelly Ambrose is a licensed clinical social worker with 13 years of experience helping people work through stressful and painful life moments. She brings a compassionate, holistic stance to clinical work and focuses on common concerns such as anxiety, depression, addiction, trauma and abuse, and anger.
Background and approach
Kelly emphasizes practical coping skills alongside emotional exploration to help clients regain a sense of balance and direction. Her practice also addresses a broad set of related issues including abandonment, attachment difficulties, autism and Asperger syndrome, body image, chronic illness and pain, codependency, communication problems, control issues, dissociation, and other complex presentations.
Drawing on evidence-based therapeutic techniques, she aims to create a collaborative environment where clients can examine past wounds, reduce shame, and build healthier patterns. Kelly describes herself as heuristic by nature with a strong desire to be of service and supports clients in discovering resilience and renewed purpose.
Evidence-Based Approaches and Online Care
Kelly bases sessions on evidence-based therapeutic techniques that blend practical skills with emotional processing. One commonly used approach focuses on building coping strategies and stress management tools to reduce anxiety and improve daily functioning; this helps clients manage symptoms and respond more effectively to pressure. Another key element emphasizes trauma-informed work that supports exploration of past wounds, helps process difficult memories, and develops safer ways of relating to strong emotions and triggers.Choosing the right approach is part of the collaborative process. Kelly works with each person to identify which methods best match their needs, goals, and personal preferences, adjusting plans over time as progress and circumstances change. This gives clients an active role in shaping their care and ensures techniques fit the individual rather than following a one-size-fits-all script.
Online therapy with Kelly is available through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, offering flexibility for busy schedules or those who prefer remote visits. These formats make it easier to maintain continuity of care, fit sessions into everyday life, and access regular support without geographic constraints, while allowing licensed professionals to deliver consistent therapeutic attention.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 13 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English