Kerrie Pelan, LCSW
Licensed in New York · 3 years in practice
Kerrie Pelan is a licensed social worker practicing in New York.
License and registration
- LCSW, New York
- 089393 · expires April 2028
- NPI
- 1548732639 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 3
- Languages
- English
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About Kerrie
Kerrie Pelan is a licensed social worker practicing in New York. She brings three years of professional experience and focuses on practical, down-to-earth support for people facing stress, anxiety, depression, and life transitions. Kerrie works with concerns such as self-esteem, relationship strain, grief, parenting stress, and the effects of trauma and abuse.
She emphasizes collaboration and respects each person's knowledge of their own life. Sessions tend to be goal-oriented and clear.
Background and approach
Kerrie helps clients identify small, usable steps to reduce distress and build confidence. Her approach draws on methods like cognitive behavioral techniques and mindfulness. Those tools are used to shift unhelpful thinking, manage strong emotions, and create routines that make life feel steadier.
Motivational interviewing and solution-focused ideas shape shorter-term goals and steps toward change. Kerrie also pays attention to unique concerns such as adoption and foster care issues, attachment difficulties, caregiver stress, and compassion fatigue. She can help people sort through co-occurring problems like mood disorders and ADHD symptoms while keeping work practical and manageable.
The tone of sessions is straightforward and supportive. Kerrie aims to help people make realistic plans, practice new skills, and notice progress over time.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Kerrie lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
Approaches Kerrie names
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
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Online support
Evidence-based approaches for online care
Many of Kerrie’s sessions draw on cognitive behavioral techniques, which focus on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new ways of thinking and behaving to reduce anxiety and low mood. CBT is useful for stress, anxiety, mood problems, and tackling patterns that keep difficulties going.She also uses mindfulness-based ideas to help people notice thoughts and feelings without getting pulled into them. Mindfulness can support emotion regulation, reduce rumination, and make day-to-day coping feel more manageable.
Finding the right approach is a team effort. Kerrie will work with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences, and she will adjust the plan as progress is made. Sessions typically combine skill practice, practical homework, and regular check-ins on goals.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for fuller conversations and visual cues, phone can fit a quick check-in or work break, live chat suits shorter exchanges, and messaging lets people share thoughts between sessions. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into busy schedules.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns does Kerrie address?
Kerrie works with stress, anxiety, depression, self-esteem, relationship issues, parenting stress, grief, trauma and abuse, bipolar and mood concerns, ADHD, and related challenges such as codependency and workplace problems.
What is Kerrie’s therapeutic style like?
She practices in a collaborative, practical style that emphasizes clear goals, small steps, and skills you can use between sessions. Techniques include cognitive behavioral ideas, mindfulness, motivational interviewing, and solution-focused strategies.
How much experience does she have?
Kerrie has three years of professional work experience as a clinician in New York.
What are her credentials and location?
She holds an LCSW credential and is licensed in New York.
Which languages are supported and are international clients accepted?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
In what formats can I meet with Kerrie?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to start working together?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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