Kilee Mikell, LICSW - Therapist in Alabama

About Kilee

Kilee Mikell is a licensed independent clinical social worker who helps adults facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, addiction, and parenting concerns. She works with people managing life changes, relationship strain, grief, sleep problems, and attention challenges. Her straightforward aim is to help someone feel heard and gain practical ways to move forward.

Kilee uses clear, conversational sessions to identify immediate problems and next steps. She listens first, then suggests tools that fit each person’s situation.

Background and approach

Sessions focus on what is getting in the way now and how to change small habits and patterns. Her approach draws on cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, mindfulness, motivational interviewing, and client-centered work.

That mix lets her teach skills for mood and anxiety regulation, help with motivation and change, and hold a warm, respectful space for tough topics like trauma or addiction. With eight years of clinical experience, Kilee brings practical skills and steady support. She has a LICSW - licensed independent clinical social worker - and practices in Alabama.

She aims to help people reduce overwhelm and build clearer plans for family and life concerns. Sessions are conversational but goal-oriented. Kilee helps people set manageable steps, practice new skills between meetings, and revisit what’s working.

The focus is on real-life changes parents and adults can use right away.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Kilee often uses cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy to help people change difficult patterns. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and trying new behaviors to ease anxiety and low mood. Dialectical behavior therapy, DBT, teaches practical skills for managing intense emotions, improving relationships, and tolerating distress.

She also uses client-centered techniques that prioritize listening and collaboration. Finding the right approach is part of the work together; the therapist and client decide which methods fit the person’s needs, goals, and preferences as they go.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care easier to fit into life. These options can help people keep momentum between meetings, access support from home, and choose the format that matches their schedule and comfort level.

Client-Centered Therapy

The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.

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.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

Concrete skills for riding out strong emotion, tolerating distress, and handling relationships without things escalating. The skills are practised in daily life, so between-session support by message or phone fits naturally.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Kilee address?

Kilee works with adults on stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, addiction, parenting, relationship strain, grief, sleep problems, ADHD, and related issues listed in her profile.

How would you describe her therapeutic style?

Her style is conversational and practical. She listens first, then suggests skills and small steps clients can use between sessions.

What professional background does she bring?

She has eight years of clinical experience working with adults on mood, coping, and life stressors, including those in helping professions facing burnout or compassion fatigue.

What are her credentials and where does she practice?

She holds a LICSW - AL LICSW 5192C - and practices in Alabama.

Which languages are sessions offered in?

Sessions are offered in English.

What session formats are available?

She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging as session formats.

How does billing and cost work?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

What should I do to begin working with her?

To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.

Specialties and expertise

Top specialties

Stress, Anxiety
Relationship issues
Family conflicts

Also works with

Abandonment
Addictions
ADHD
Anger management
Body image
Career difficulties
Caregiver issues and stress
Chronic pain, illness, and disability
Co-morbidity
Codependency
Commitment issues
Communication problems
Compassion fatigue
Control issues
Coping with life changes
Dependent personality
Depression
Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
Drug and alcohol addiction
Emptiness
Family problems
First responder issues
Forgiveness
Grief
Guilt and shame
Impulsivity
Intimacy-related issues
Isolation / loneliness
Jealousy
Life purpose
Money and financial issues
Mood disorders
Narcissism
Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
Panic disorder and panic attacks
Paranoia
Parenting issues
Personality disorders
Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Self esteem
Self-love
Sleeping disorders
Trauma and abuse
Trichotillomania
Women's issues
Workplace issues
Young adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Experience: 8 years
Licensed: Alabama
Languages: English

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