Kelly Chaiken-Crooks, LPC

Kelly Chaiken-Crooks is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), a credential that indicates formal training and state licensure to provide mental health services. With five years of experience, she has supported youth, teenagers, adults, families, and couples across outpatient and community settings. Her practice centers on building a trusting, non-judgmental environment where people can increase self-awareness and pursue meaningful change.

Kelly adapts her approach to the individual needs of each person, recognizing that no single method fits everyone. Early sessions focus on clarifying personal goals and identifying the obstacles that get in the way of progress. From there she collaborates with clients to create a practical plan tailored to the changes they want to make.

Her clinical work draws on an eclectic mix of evidence-informed methods, including Solution-Focused Brief Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and she has training in Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. She aims to offer respectful, compassionate care while providing clear feedback when it supports growth. Kelly works with a wide range of concerns, such as stress, anxiety, relationship and family issues, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, depression, addictions, LGBT concerns, grief and loss, intimacy difficulties, anger, self-esteem struggles, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and coping with life changes. Additional focus areas include adoption and foster care matters, blended family issues, codependency, communication problems, infidelity, and caregiver stress.

She encourages people who are ready for support to take that first step toward change, offering direct and supportive guidance as they work toward their goals.