COUPLES & FAMILIES COUNSELOR, LMHC, CFRC
 

     While she was a freelance artist in the entertainment world for over 30 years, Kelley earned a slew of professional coaching certifications and started coaching an assortment of creative folks for 9 years. At the crack of her 40's, she worked as a volunteer peer counselor for the LGBTQ community where her unfolding love for the flotsam and Jetsam of human behavior led her to Hunter College for a Masters in Mental Health Counseling.

     Specializing in Couples and Relationship therapy, Kelley completed all 3 levels of The Gottman Couples Therapy training and has been working with couples of all sizes, shapes and colors for the last 8 years. 

When the virus reared its ghastly snout...Kelley dove nose deep into infectious disease training, compassion focused therapy and earned a certification in First Responder Crisis Counseling.

    As a  Couples Counselor, Kelley believes that when creativity and humor are blended with hard science, they can not only be powerful therapeutic tools, but can also bring joy & laughter into the psychological journey. 

WRITER / DIRECTOR 
 

   As a scrawny, kid, Kelley began her comedy career doing magic tricks and slamming fake hands in refrigerator and car doors. Her knack for bossing around children weaker than herself eventually led her to directing. At 19 she became a professional working actor doing TV commercials and a couple of sitcoms. Her 20's were spent touring the country doing stand up, improv and sketch comedy where she eventually settled in NYC. In her late 30’s, she jumped behind the camera and worked her way up the Fillm/TV production ladder to First Assistant Director, Producer, Director and was a staff writer on the sketch comedy show: SATURDAY NIGHT SPECIAL, staring Roseanne and Queen Latifah. 

       It was Kelley's work as a volunteer peer counselor at Identity House, where she worked with the LGBTQ+ community co-facilitating women’s support groups, and did short term counseling, that inspired her to go back to school to become a shrink!

         Now in her mid-50's Kelley bravely specializes in Couples & Family Counseling and runs workshops and groups blending improv comedy exercises, creativity, and action methods with group therapy, theory and process.

       Kelley separates herself from the current pack of Therapists and Coaches by mixing her creative skills, talents and counseling training with her cracker-jack sense of humor. As an artist and a therapist, she has a warm, nonjudgemental style, she understands the sturm and drang of financial stress, and offers a sliding scale for those struggling financially.