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​Hello! I'm Michelle Kelley and I have been a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor and Nationally Board Certified Counselor for 30 years. I've devoted my career to helping individuals and families navigate life's challenges with compassion, insight, and evidence-based care. Throughout my journey, I've have counseled in community, private practice, hospital, and clinical mental health settings throughout Illinois and Iowa. Now based in the Peoria area after relocating from the Quad Cities, I'm excited to bring my experience to this community. I specialize in supporting adults through life transitions, trauma, anxiety, grief, and more. Outside the therapy room, I enjoy acrylic painting, spending time with my pets, and outdoor adventures.  

Types of therapies I provide for clients who are

18-65 years old:

​I am trained in the following types of therapy and more, however, I'm introducing a therapeutic framework called

The Compass Path: 

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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

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​Eye Movement Desensitization and Re-Processing

(adapted for online purposes)

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​Cognitive Processing Therapy for PTSD, trauma, and life-changing events

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​​​Internal ​Family Systems

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​Parent Coaching

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​​Exposure-Response Therapy​

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​Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

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​Somatic Processing Therapy​

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​Psychiatric Nutrition Counseling

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30 years of experience in clinical counseling:​

  • Trauma and PTSD

  • Addiction

  • ADHD

  • Alcohol Use

  • Anger Management

  • Anxiety

  • Bipolar Disorder

  • Bisexual

  • Chronic Impulsivity

  • Codependency

  • Coping Skills

  • Dissociative Disorders (DID)

  • Divorce

  • Domestic Abuse

  • Dual Diagnosis

  • Eating Disorders

  • Education and Learning Disabilities

  • Grief

  • Infertility

  • Infidelity

  • Life Coaching

  • Life Transitions

  • Marital and Premarital

  • Men's Issues

  • Mood Disorders

  • Obsessive-Compulsive (OCD)

  • Parenting

  • Peer Relationships

  • Personality Disorders

  • Self Esteem

  • Sexual Abuse

  • Sexual Addiction

  • Sleep or Insomnia

  • Spirituality or Christian-based

  • Stress

  • Substance Use

  • Suicidal Ideation

  • Thinking Disorders

  • Video Game Addiction

  • Women's Issues​​

Private Pay Options Available

Insurances covered:

  • Blue Cross Blue Shield, Iowa and Illinois

  • United Healthcare

  • Aetna

  • Health Alliance​

  • Molina- Commercial​

  • ​Meridian Health

  • Cigna

  • Humana

  • UMR

This clinician uses Simple Practice for online therapy billing and telehealth services for Illinois and Iowa residents with covered insurance or private pay.

          

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