Kelly Meissner

Compassionate therapist focused on insight and change

LMFT Minnesota

Experience: 15 years in practice
Focus areas: Stress, Anxiety, Self esteem, Trauma and abuse
Approaches: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Languages: English

About Kelly

Kelly Meissner is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) practicing in Minnesota with 15 years of clinical experience. She supports people facing stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, grief, sleep difficulties, trauma and abuse, compassion fatigue, and challenges related to life changes.

Background and approach

Kelly emphasizes helping clients increase self-awareness and cultivate personal growth, often integrating acceptance-based and cognitive strategies to help clients understand their thoughts, emotions, and behaviors. Her work blends practical, insight-oriented techniques with talk therapy to address persistent patterns that feel stuck or overwhelming.

Kelly draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) alongside client-centered and emotionally focused ideas to tailor interventions to each person’s needs. She values mindfulness, meditation, and reflective practices to support change and deeper self-understanding.

Clients can expect an approach that encourages curiosity about inner experience and explores how unhelpful habits maintain distress. Kelly’s background includes extensive training in hypnotherapy and other experiential methods, which she may use as part of a broader plan when appropriate.

She provides services in English and practices from Minnesota, working with individuals who are seeking clearer direction, relief from symptoms, and stronger coping strategies.

Approaches That Guide Online Sessions

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps people identify and change unhelpful thought and behavior patterns by teaching clear skills for managing symptoms like anxiety, panic, and depression. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on increasing psychological flexibility by helping clients accept difficult internal experiences while committing to values-guided action, which can be useful for stress, avoidance, and life transitions. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a respectful, nonjudgmental therapeutic relationship where the therapist listens deeply and supports the client’s own capacity for growth and self-understanding.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together rather than a one-time decision. Kelly collaborates with each person to explore goals, preferences, and how different methods resonate, adjusting interventions over time so the process fits the client’s needs and pace.

Online therapy with her is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. These formats allow people to access consistent care from their own setting, make scheduling easier, and enable ongoing skill practice between sessions while the therapist and client work together on practical strategies and insight.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Kelly commonly support?

She works with stress, anxiety, self-esteem, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, sleep problems, compassion fatigue, and coping with life changes, among other related issues.

What is her therapeutic style and approach?

Her style emphasizes self-awareness and insight combined with practical techniques, drawing on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, client-centered work, and emotionally focused ideas.

How much clinical experience does she have?

Kelly has 15 years of experience working with people on a range of emotional and behavioral concerns.

What credentials and location are listed?

She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with the credential MN LMFT 2664 and provides services from Minnesota.

In which languages does she offer therapy and can she see international clients?

Sessions are offered in English, and she is not currently accepting international clients.

What session formats are available?

Clients may work with her via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on availability.

How is cost handled for sessions?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

What steps are involved in getting started?

Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling according to therapist availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, Anxiety Self esteem

Also works with

Trauma and abuse GriefSleeping disordersDepression Coping with life changes Compassion fatigue

Additional focus areas

Body imageCaregiver issues and stressForgivenessLife purposeMidlife crisisPanic disorder and panic attacks Post-traumatic stressSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-loveSocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issues

Therapeutic approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Existential TherapyHypnotherapyMindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingSolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems

Experience

15+ years

Licensed

Minnesota

Languages

English