About Kelli
Kelli Means is a licensed clinician who uses a somatic-informed and person-centered approach. She holds LPC and LIMHP credentials and brings nine years of experience supporting people with mental health and addiction concerns. Kelli writes and speaks plainly, and she aims to make therapy straightforward and practical for people who are stressed or overwhelmed.
Her work focuses on common and serious concerns such as depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, trauma and addictions.
Background and approach
She also helps people facing grief, relationship strain, low self-esteem, anger, ADHD, and identity questions. Additional focuses include issues like codependency, communication problems, dissociation, and coping with disaster or loss. Kelli has practiced in many settings, including inpatient psychiatric care, outpatient therapy, school-based work, and residential substance use treatment.
Much of her recent work has been at non-profit agencies serving people with limited resources, and she has experience supporting adults and adolescents through a range of stressors. In sessions she aims for a welcoming, conversational tone. Kelli is direct when needed and adapts her style to each person.
She describes therapy as a collaborative process where the client stays in control and the therapist offers guidance and tools. Her training includes a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Nebraska Wesleyan University and a Master of Science in Community Mental Health Counseling from Wayne State College.
She maintains active licensure as LPC and LIMHP and integrates practical tools so people can cope more confidently between sessions.
How somatic and person-centered methods work online
Somatic-informed work pays attention to how stress and trauma show up in the body. In online sessions this can mean noticing breath, posture, tension, and physical reactions and using simple practices to help regulate them. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and respect, offering a space where people feel heard and can set their own pace for change.Mindfulness Therapy helps people learn to notice thoughts and sensations without getting swept away by them. It is useful for anxiety, stress, and managing mood shifts by teaching brief practices that can be used between sessions. Kelli draws from these approaches and from motivational interviewing to help people find their own reasons to make changes and to build small, achievable steps forward.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will help decide what fits based on each person’s needs, goals, and preferences, and adjustments are made as therapy progresses. This collaborative stance ensures methods feel useful rather than prescribed.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These options offer flexibility for varying schedules, transportation limits, or comfort levels. Many people appreciate being able to use a mix of formats so therapy can fit into their daily life more easily.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Stress, Anxiety
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- Nebraska, South Dakota, Louisiana
- Languages
- English