Kerrie Pelan, LCSW - Therapist in New York

About Kerrie

Kerrie Pelan is a licensed clinical social worker who uses practical, evidence-based methods to help people manage stress and anxiety. She keeps sessions straightforward and focused on real-life challenges like confidence, motivation, and coping with change. Kerrie speaks plainly and supports clients through difficult moments by helping them build small, sustainable habits.

She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help identify unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors. Mindfulness techniques are used to teach simple ways to stay present and reduce overwhelm.

Background and approach

Motivational Interviewing helps when someone feels stuck and needs to find personal reasons to change. Kerrie has three years of professional experience in New York as an LCSW - Licensed Clinical Social Worker. She has worked with concerns such as depression, grief, trauma and abuse, bipolar mood challenges, and compassion fatigue.

Parenting and family matters are among the areas she addresses alongside relationship and communication problems. Additional focus areas include adoption and foster care issues, attachment concerns, caregiver stress, ADHD, codependency, and workplace difficulties. Kerrie pays attention to how stress shows up across daily life and works with clients to set practical goals.

Her approach is collaborative and paced to each person’s needs. Starting therapy is treated as a team effort where small steps build toward clearer routines and better coping. Kerrie aims for sessions that leave people with concrete next steps they can try between meetings.

Practical approaches for online support and change

Kerrie commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot thoughts that lead to stress and then test different actions to feel better. She also brings Mindfulness Therapy into sessions to teach simple attention practices that reduce overwhelm and increase calm. These approaches help with anxiety, mood challenges, and everyday stressors.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Kerrie will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked before. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress is made.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which let people fit care into busy lives. These options make it easier to check in between in-person commitments and to maintain consistency during life transitions. Kerrie uses these formats to keep work focused, convenient, and oriented around practical steps people can use in their daily routines.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.

Mindfulness Therapy

Attention training: noticing thoughts and physical feelings as they arrive without being carried off by them. Much of it is practice you do yourself, so guidance over video or audio works much as it would in person.

Motivational Interviewing

A way of working through mixed feelings about change without being pushed. The therapist helps you weigh things up and find your own reasons, which often makes a difficult decision feel less stuck.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of problems does Kerrie address?

She works with stress, anxiety, depression, parenting and family concerns, trauma and abuse, grief, relationship and communication problems, and related issues listed in her specialties.

What is her therapy style like?

Sessions are practical and collaborative, using approaches like CBT, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing to set small goals and try new behaviors.

How much experience does she have?

Kerrie has three years of professional experience working as a clinician in New York.

What are her credentials and where is she licensed?

She is an LCSW - Licensed Clinical Social Worker, licensed in New York with license number NY LCSW 089393.

Which languages are supported in sessions?

Sessions are offered in English.

Can people outside the United States work with her?

International clients are not currently accepted; she practices in New York.

What session formats are available?

She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to provide flexible ways to meet.

How are costs and scheduling handled?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time; start by selecting the Start Therapy button and completing the short matching questionnaire to schedule.

Specialties and expertise

Top specialties

Stress, Anxiety
Family conflicts
Self esteem

Also works with

Therapeutic approaches

Experience: 3 years
Licensed: New York
Languages: English

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