"Let go of who you think you're suppose to be; embrace who you are."
-Brené Brown
E D U C A T I O N
Dr. Kelly is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, a National Certified Counselor, a consultant, an entrepreneur, and an Adjunct Faculty-Student Supervision site supervisor with Grand Canyon University.
For her own self care, she has practiced Yoga for over 20 years, enjoys running, Pilates, mountain biking, motorcycle riding, painting on canvas, traveling, cooking, gardening, and reading.
R E S E A R C H I N T E R E S T S
Dissertation: The topic of her dissertation study, Losing a Warrior-Becoming a Wounded Healer: An Inquiry of Grief and Loss, used an ethnographic methodology to explore the grief experience of parents after the death of their child, and identified a grief model specific to parent loss.
V O L U N T E E R W O R K
Give an Hour-She is provider for the Give an Hour foundation, which is a non-profit organization that provides free and confidential psychotherapy to military personnel and their families who have been and are being affected by the current conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq.
The Trevor Project-A non-profit organization focused on crisis intervention and the prevention of suicide in the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning population.
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P R O F E S S I O N A L M E M B E R S H I P S
Eat Breathe Thrive-Certified Facilitator. A unique non-profit community program to help individuals recover from disordered eating and negative body image issues through psychoeducational, experiential, and group yoga activities.
Nevada Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (NAMFT)
American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT)
American Counseling Association (ACA)
Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES)
Society of Counseling Psychology
Chi Sigma Iota Counseling Academic and Professional Honor Society International
American Diabetes Association Advocate
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Advocate
National Eating Disorders Association
This information is intended to give an overview of my services and is not meant to treat or advise the reader. If you are looking for help for yourself
or a loved one, please call.
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H O N O R S
Chis Sigma Iota Counseling and Academic and Professional Honor Society International