About Kelsey
Kelsey Sustarsic is a licensed professional counselor with nine years of clinical experience. She practices in Wisconsin as an LPC and holds the LPCC credential as well. Kelsey focuses on helping adults who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, mood shifts, or questions about identity.
She offers a calm, nonjudgmental space where people can talk through what feels heavy. Kelsey works with issues related to anxiety, bipolar mood patterns, relationship concerns, and LGBT matters.
Background and approach
She also supports people dealing with body image, women's issues, and broader mood disorders. In sessions she uses straightforward tools and exercises to help people manage intense feelings and reduce day-to-day distress. Conversations often include noticing unhelpful thinking patterns, practicing mindfulness skills, and trying new coping strategies between meetings.
The aim is practical change that fits each person’s life. Kelsey emphasizes collaboration. She helps people map their story, identify patterns, and set realistic goals.
Progress is a step-by-step process and she adjusts the pace to match each person’s needs. Her approach is accepting and warm, focused on helping people feel seen and empowered. Kelsey encourages people to make choices that feel right for them and to build skills that improve daily functioning and well-being.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Kelsey uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that emphasize practical skills and present-moment awareness. Cognitive behavioral approaches focus on identifying unhelpful thinking and testing new ways of responding; this helps with anxiety and low mood by teaching tools to shift everyday thinking patterns.Mindfulness-based practices are also part of her work and help people notice their experience without judgment. These techniques are useful for emotional overwhelm and for building steady attention during stressful moments.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Kelsey works together with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences. She adjusts strategies over time based on what is helping and what feels manageable.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls allow fuller face-to-face conversations, phone sessions can be a good alternative when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text-based messaging make short check-ins and between-session support easier. These options help people fit therapy into busy schedules and maintain momentum between meetings.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Mood disorders
- Women's issues
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- Ohio, Wisconsin
- Languages
- English