About Kelley
Kelley Machado is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who helps people handle stress, anxiety, grief, trauma, depression, and relationship or intimacy concerns. She also supports people facing addictions, parenting challenges, questions of self esteem, LGBT-related issues, and mood concerns such as bipolar. Kelley practices from Connecticut and brings two decades of experience to her work.
Kelley’s background includes mental health settings, the criminal justice system, and medical social work. She has supported people through aging and end-of-life issues as well as a wide range of medical concerns.
Background and approach
That variety shaped how she tailors care for different life situations. She believes transitions are common triggers for distress - things like job changes, growing families, loss, separation, disappointments, and traumatic events. Kelley focuses on helping people find coping strategies that fit their life and goals.
The aim is to help people feel more comfortable and steady in themselves and in their relationships. Kelley spends time learning about each person before deciding on steps to take. She does not rely on one method for everyone.
Instead she blends approaches to match needs and preferences, and adjusts as people make progress. Her work draws on cognitive-behavioral ideas, attachment and developmental perspectives, trauma theory, and dialectical behavior ideas. Kelley frames therapy as a practical partnership - recognizing that change takes courage, steady effort, and clear goals.
If someone is ready to move from intention to action, she offers support and guidance along the way.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online work
Kelley commonly draws on cognitive-behavioral techniques to help identify unhelpful thinking and try small experiments to change responses. These steps fit well into short exercises or structured sessions and can help with anxiety, depression, and stress.She also uses trauma-informed ideas to help people process difficult experiences at a pace they can tolerate. That approach focuses on skills to reduce distress and on building gradual steps toward feeling safer in daily life.
Choosing the right approach is a team effort. Kelley works with each person to pick methods that match their goals, needs, and preferences, and adjusts plans as therapy progresses.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video works well for deeper dialogue and visual cues, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging can fit brief check-ins or busy schedules. These options make it easier to fit sessions into work, school, or family routines while keeping therapeutic momentum.
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Specialties and expertise
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Also works with
- Addictions
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Connecticut, Maine
- Languages
- English