Therapist profile
Kelly Chaiken-Crooks, LPC
Michigan
Licensed Professional Counselor - Relationships and Codependency
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- Credentials
- LPC
- License
- LPC, Michigan / 6401017925
- NPI
- 1891237723
- Experience
- 5 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- Michigan
About
- Codependency concerns
- CBT and mindfulness
- Solution-focused work
About Kelly
Kelly Chaiken-Crooks is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Michigan with five years of clinical experience. She works with adults on stress, anxiety, relationships, trauma and abuse, parenting, depression, addictions, codependency, and related concerns. Kelly speaks English and draws on practical strategies in session to help people make clearer choices and take next steps.
Kelly uses short-term goals and focused tools alongside time for deeper reflection. Early sessions are used to clarify what a person wants to change and to set a few concrete steps. She explains options plainly and works together with each person to decide which approaches to try first.
Her methods include client-centered conversations, cognitive behavioral techniques, mindfulness practices, motivational interviewing, and solution-focused work. That means sessions can involve looking at thinking patterns, practicing mindful awareness, setting achievable behavior steps, and identifying strengths to build on. She also brings trauma-focused understanding when past harms affect current reactions.
Kelly’s style is collaborative and straightforward. She offers feedback and helps people try small experiments between sessions. This practical rhythm aims to reduce overwhelm and increase skill in handling difficult emotions and relationship moments.
Her background includes outpatient and community settings where she worked with a range of adult and adolescent concerns. People who keep prioritizing others, struggle with boundaries, or feel stuck by relationship patterns often contact her to work on clearer limits and greater self-direction.
How sessions work
How therapeutic approaches translate to online work
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and reflecting so the client’s priorities guide each session. It is useful when someone wants help clarifying decisions or sorting feelings about relationships and caregiving.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and uses simple experiments and homework to change unhelpful patterns. It fits issues like anxiety, low mood, and repeating relationship behaviors.
Mindfulness Therapy introduces short practices to notice reactions and reduce reactivity, which can help with stress, anger, and compulsion to people-please. These approaches can be mixed depending on what a person needs.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to figure out which methods suit their goals, values, and practical needs. That may mean testing a few techniques early on and adjusting the plan together.
The original biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm the current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life - for example a shorter check-in during a lunch break, or a phone option when video would be difficult. Therapists can use brief between-session assignments, worksheets, and guided mindfulness practices to reinforce what is tried in sessions.
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Experience
5+ years
Listed in
Michigan
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, parenting struggles, depression, addictions, codependency, and similar concerns.
What is her general therapy style?
Her style is collaborative and practical, combining client-centered conversation with skill-based techniques like CBT and solution-focused steps.
How much experience does she have?
Kelly has five years of clinical experience working in outpatient and community settings with a range of concerns.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Michigan.
Does she work in languages other than English or with international clients?
Sessions are offered in English. She does not accept international clients at this time.
What session formats are used?
The original biography does not specify session formats. Confirm the current session options directly before booking.
How does cost work for sessions?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
To get started, select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule your first session.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe at home, use the crisis and helpline numbers.