About Kelli
Kelli Brunk is a licensed clinical social worker with 28 years in independent practice. She provides bilingual services in English and Spanish and works from Florida. Kelli aims to make it easier for people to begin therapy by offering a welcoming space and straightforward guidance.
Her work focuses on common life struggles like stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, and relationship or family concerns. She also helps with sleep problems, parenting challenges, self-esteem struggles, career changes, and managing ADHD or bipolar-related issues.
Background and approach
Kelli brings steady experience to complex situations such as chronic illness, caregiving strain, and loss. In sessions she uses practical tools from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thinking and try different behaviors. She also draws on Solution-Focused Therapy to set clear goals and build small steps that lead to change.
Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented. Kelli listens, reflects, and helps people try concrete strategies between meetings. People who appreciate clear feedback and a step-by-step plan often find this approach useful.
Parents who need help with day-to-day challenges and adults navigating major life transitions are typical fits. She offers help in Spanish and English to reduce language barriers and make it easier to express sensitive concerns. Beginning therapy can feel hard, and Kelli emphasizes a calm, nonjudgmental tone.
She works together with each person to set priorities and tries to make progress feel manageable and realistic.
Practical approaches for online therapy
CBT, or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, focuses on noticing thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going and trying different actions to change how someone feels. It is often used for anxiety, depression, sleep issues, and managing mood or attention challenges.Solution-Focused Therapy centers on clear, achievable goals and small steps toward them. It helps people who want brief, targeted work to make real changes in daily routines and relationships.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't helped before. From there she suggests strategies and checks in to adjust the plan as needed so the approach fits the person's life.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video calls are useful for face-to-face conversation and interactive exercises. Phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited or a simpler check-in is needed. Live chat or text can fit brief check-ins, quick skill practice, or days when typing is easier than talking. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving, and busy schedules while keeping the focus on practical, usable strategies.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 28 years
- Licensed
- Nevada, Florida, Georgia
- Languages
- English, Spanish