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Kelley Ryan , LCSW

Experienced mental health professional

Provides online counseling through BetterHelp

At a glance

Kelley is an experienced, licensed Mental Health Professional who specializes in affordable online therapy offered through our partner, BetterHelp.

5.0 stars
Clients are very satisfied with Kelley. View 71 reviews
Speaks English
Offers Telehealth visits
Licensed in New Jersey

Recent reviews

I look forward to my phone sessions with Kelley every week. She is a great listener, guides me when needed and makes me feel very comfortable and relaxed. She also sends me worksheets which are relevant to what I'm experiencing at that time. I highly recommend her.

Reviewed November 2024

Kelley was very supportive and understanding

Reviewed November 2024

More about Kelley

  • 17 years' experience
  • Female
  • LCSW

I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in New Jersey family with 10+ years of experience providing formal and informal therapy in a variety of settings and ares of concern. I have provided services in private homes, traditional office settings, correctional facilities, nursing homes, and other program settings. I have worked with people with a wide range of concerns including depression, anxiety, grief and loss, compassion fatigue, motivation, and self esteem. I also have experience working with people with disabilities and TBI.

I strive to meet people where they are, and believe that all people deserve to be treated with kindness, dignity and respect. My approach is person centered, and combines cognitive-behavioral, psychodynamic and solution focused therapy principles. All treatment plans are tailored to meet your individual and specific needs.

First steps are often the hardest, but with courage and determination, all things are possible. When you are ready to take that step, I am here to support and empower you.

I look forward to working with you!

Specialties

Stress Anxiety Grief Anger management Self esteem Depression Relationship issues Family conflicts Career difficulties Bipolar disorder Coping with life changes Compassion fatigue Aging and geriatric issues Caregiver issues and stress Hospice and end-of-life counseling Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD Social anxiety and phobia Traumatic brain injury

Treatment Approaches

  • Client-Centered Therapy
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
  • Mindfulness Therapy
  • Psychodynamic Therapy
  • Solution-Focused Therapy

Licenses

Kelley Ryan 's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1417622077.

  • LCSW · New Jersey · 44SC04881100 · Expires August 2026

About online counseling

Affordable.
Pay a low flat fee.
Convenient.
Do it at your own time and at your own pace. Communicate whenever you feel it's needed.
Available now.
There is no waiting list and no calls to make. Simply fill out a short questionnaire and send your first message.

Online counseling allows you to receive care from a mental health practitioner via phone, video chat, or instant messaging. It is convenient for those who may have trouble getting to or would prefer not to have in-person therapy appointments. Starting at $65 per week, online counseling is generally more affordable than in-person counseling. A study by researchers at University of California, Berkeley found that online counseling can be just as effective as face-to-face therapy while being more convenient, affordable, and accessible.

Reviews for Kelley Ryan

All reviews have been submitted by clients after seeing the provider.

Overall rating:

5.0

71 reviews

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Clients mention: Great Comfortable Helpful Listens Recommend Great listener Amazing Caring Helped Insightful

I look forward to my phone sessions with Kelley every week. She is a great listener, guides me when needed and makes me feel very comfortable and relaxed. She also sends me worksheets which are relevant to what I'm experiencing at that time. I highly recommend her.

Reviewed November 2024

Kelley was very supportive and understanding

Reviewed November 2024

Kelley is an amazing therapist and has very good insights and tools to help you in a variety of ways.

Reviewed November 2024

Great therapist!

Reviewed September 2024

Kelly is great. She listens and always touches base in between sessions. It's been a great experience and very helpful.

Reviewed August 2024

Kelley Ryan is a nice therapist. I enjoy communicating with her.

Reviewed August 2024

I've only had a couple of sessions so far with Kelley, but shes' been very easy to talk to and understanding. She follows up our meetings with messages that help to motivate you. Looking forward to continuing with our sessions.

Reviewed July 2024

Kelley is an amazing therapist

Reviewed July 2024

Kelley is the first therapist that I was matched with and we clicked right away. She's very easy to talk to and her personality and approach make me feel very comfortable. during our sessions.

Reviewed June 2024

Kelley has been a wonderful help. Very easy to talk to and a great listener, hearing what’s being said between the lines. Always offering exercises and techniques to explore without pressure or expectation. I would highly recommend Kelley!

Reviewed May 2024

Kelley is a very empathetic and caring therapist. She truly listens to what you're saying without any type of judgment. She also goes out of her way to check in and make herself available. I am so happy I found her!

Reviewed May 2024

Thank you. Excellent therapist

Reviewed April 2024

Very communicative. I only preferred texting option, and Kelley was able to reach out and communicate effectively through messages. Sometimes context can get lost in writing, but She was very well spoken in the messages

Reviewed March 2024

Very helpful

Reviewed February 2024

I couldn’t ask for a better therapist! Kelley has helped me so much - with my grief, my anxiety and my PTSD- she has been with me every step of the way and l am very grateful for her guidance, her constant support and her patience!

Reviewed January 2024

Kelley is awesome. She checks in on me frequently, even if I forget to get back to her. She's a great listener and understands a lot of what's going on in my head. I feel better when I get to talk with her, and she has a lot of great tools to help me re-wire my brain.

Reviewed January 2024

Kelley is such a good listener, and her advice? Solid and unbias. I felt supported at all times during our journey together.

Reviewed January 2024

Kelley is really kind and makes me feel comfortable discussing uncomfortable topics. She always follows up with me and offers many different helpful resources I can utilize even after our sessions. I always feel encouraged after talking with Kelley and I am so grateful to be able to have her as a therapist.

Reviewed January 2024

I have only had a few sessions with Kelley but so far I feel very comfortable. She always listens to my concerns and even remembers and follows up throughout the week. She sends articles or exercises going more in depth of what we talked about to see how they work for me. She has been an amazing therapist thus far.

Reviewed November 2023

Attentive, understanding, compassionate

Reviewed November 2023

Kelley is an excellent therapist. She is very available and replies very quickly to any messages. She is also very intuitive and accommodating with her schedule. She truly promotes wellness.

Reviewed November 2023

Kelley is awesome! I wish she was my friend in real life, lol. Very insightful, intelligent and over all great woman! Give her a raise

Reviewed August 2023

I can’t say enough great things about Kelley. In the short time I’ve known her I feel very comfortable sharing with her and she has given me great tips and advice. After implementing these my life has improved so much, and I’m finding new ways to implement these techniques to have success in different facets of my life (work, hobbies, studying, etc). She is a calming, reassuring presence in an otherwise stressful world.

Reviewed July 2023

Kelly always listens to me and treats me with respect and kindness. She talks to me not just as a therapist but as someone that you feel really cares about how you’re feeling and what your concerns are.

Reviewed July 2023

Kelley is such a great therapist. I feel so much better after talking with her.

Reviewed July 2023

Kelley is nice. She is helpful.

Reviewed June 2023

Kelley is so kind, supportive, and helpful.

Reviewed May 2023

Kelley has made me feel very comfortable in just a few weeks. Highly recommend!

Reviewed April 2023

Kelley is a great therapist. Insightful, empathetic, a great listener and she has great suggestions and asks the crucial questions that have me rethinking my outlook/approach and reframing my negative thoughts into a more positive headspace.

Reviewed March 2023

Kelley has been a nice ,helpful therapist.

Reviewed February 2023

Kelley is an incredible therapist! She’s very knowledgeable , professional , caring and a terrific listener.

Reviewed February 2023

Kelley is a great therapist! Also, she is a good listener and a very helpful person. I made a lot of progress with her and she was able to help me get through my problems.

Reviewed January 2023

So far so goid 3 sessions in thanks Kelley

Reviewed January 2023

She's is caring and thoughtful

Reviewed December 2022

Kelley is one of the best! She is a fantastic listener and almost always validates my feelings. She has worked through countless large stress and life changes with me. Our sessions always leave me feeling lighter and better.

Reviewed December 2022

I love Kelley and how intentional she is with her words. She always checks in on me and makes me feel cared for

Reviewed December 2022

My therapist, Kelley Ryan, is the light in my darkness, the lifeline that I need to keep me grounded, and I do truly believe that she is a special gift from God! I am so thankful for her and being able to connect with her through BetterHelp!!

Reviewed November 2022

Kelley is an excellent therapist. I am happy to have found her and have her guide me through this healing journey.

Reviewed November 2022

I've had good experiences with Kelley Ryan. She is very nice.

Reviewed November 2022

Patient and caring

Reviewed August 2022

Kelley Ryan has helped me overcome issues I thought I would never be able to make progress on, in just a few weeks! With her help, I already feel as if coming to Betterhelp was one of the best choices I’ve ever made. I highly recommend her. Thank you so much!

Reviewed July 2022

Kelley Ryan is helping to bring me back to life and I am so grateful to have her in my corner. Talking with her is always the highlight of my week.

Reviewed July 2022

Kelley was everything that I needed in my time of need: she was calm, she listened, she asked insightful question and most importantly I felt completely safe sharing all my thoughts with her. Kelley also gave me exercises to help with my worries, stress and personal boundaries. Moreover, she would always contact me during the week to see how I’m doing. I highly recommend her to anyone dealing with stress, anxiety and career issues.

Reviewed July 2022

Kelley is an exceptional therapist. She listens well and always has many resources and tips to offer. I look forward to our future sessions.

Reviewed July 2022

I am looking forward to next Tuesday

Reviewed June 2022

Kelley is very sweet and nonjudgmental. She is very relatable and I feel safe sharing with her

Reviewed June 2022

I’m comfortable with Kelley and I like her approach.

Reviewed June 2022

Easy access scheduled or just messaging instantly thru the app. She responds in a timely manner. I feel more controlled w the exercises done so far.

Reviewed May 2022

As this was my first experience with therapy I was very nervous and unsure what to expect. Kelley put me at ease from the very first session and was always a great listener. I felt very comfortable opening up, and she had good advice on how to address what was bothering me or how to think of it differently. Kelley checked in with me every couple of days between sessions to see how I was doing if she hadn’t heard from me which I appreciated. Would highly recommend!

Reviewed May 2022

She is great! Feels like a friend but sends me helpful homework

Reviewed May 2022

Since I have been having sessions with Kelley I feel I am moving through the grief stages calmer. Before I started sessions with Kelley I felt overwhelmed and lost as to what is next and how to handle the feelings of loss and pain and sadness at losing my husband of forty seven years. Kelley has helped me to open up and share those feelings and see there is a lot of hope still. She is understanding and always listens to what I have to say and gives her perspective. She is helping me navigate through the hardest time of my life.

Reviewed May 2022

Kelley is really thoughtful. She's a great listener and is very engaged during our sessions. She takes time to send me worksheets to try when I have issues I want to reflect on. She also takes time to message me once a week to check in or send me some encouragement. I really enjoy our sessions and I've been grateful to have the support while I navigate through this stressful time in my life.

Reviewed May 2022

She is kind and patient. Listens and talk to ne

Reviewed March 2022

Fantastic!

Reviewed March 2022

Kelley Ryan is an Angel on Earth who came to me at just the exact time that I needed her and she is always there for me in every way. I could not be more thankful for her every single day!!!

Reviewed March 2022

She's a great therapist, really helps you in aspects you didn't even know about

Reviewed March 2022

She is thoughtful, always there for me, and has yet to ever cancel a session despite my flakiness. It so far, has been a wonderful experience.

Reviewed March 2022

A really great therapist

Reviewed January 2022

Kelley Ryan is a professional, but she is very open with her patients as human beings with personal pride mix in with frailties.

Reviewed January 2022

Kelley is a wonderful listener and really helps me get to the heart of what is causing my anxiety. Quick to respond with thoughtful answers and discussion, I feel that she is very supportive and genuinely want to help me to work through whatever issue I may be having. Kelley has given me tools to help manage my anxiety as it come up and encourages me to use them. I would absolutely recommend her to a friend!

Reviewed January 2022

Kelley Ryan is an amazing help, despite only meeting with her one time, her expertise and her knowledge has helped me in a beneficial way. Im glad i had the opportunity to meet and talk with her. An amazing therapist

Reviewed January 2022

Kelley Ryan is very nice.

Reviewed January 2022

I would highly recommend Kelley to anyone seeking a constructive place to organize a multitude level of feelings and stressors. We do not always receive validation in our personal lives and I always feel validated after each session.

Reviewed December 2021

Kelley was a fantastic person to talk to, had tremendous insight into my problems and was always attentive and caring in all of our conversations. I can’t thank her enough!

Reviewed December 2021

Kelly listens to me and asks insightful questions to help me work through things without judgement. I feel supported and empowered. I always feel better after talking with Kelly.

Reviewed December 2021

Kelly has patience with me. I appreciate her help

Reviewed November 2021

She gets me. What can I say? I’m comfortable sharing everything with her and appreciate her support for me.

Reviewed November 2021

Kelley is a great listener, has sent me on point exercises that made me aware of myself and reacts to exactly what my issues are.

Reviewed November 2021

Kelley Ryan is a god send she is full of compassion and intellect. She has helped me in ways I didn't think possible and helps me see the light at the end of the tunnel.

Reviewed November 2021

Kelley Ryan has been very nice.

Reviewed November 2021

I feel incredibly comfortable with Kelley. She is really good about checking in and seeing how I'm doing through out the week and our phone sessions have been truly insightful. I was so nervous about the kind of therapist I would be matched with and I honestly couldn't ask for a better person then Kelley!

Reviewed September 2021

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Frequently asked questions

Does Kelley Ryan offer telehealth visits?

Yes. Kelley Ryan works with clients by exchanging messages, chatting live, speaking over the phone, or video conferencing based on what works for the client at that particular time.

What language(s) does Kelley Ryan speak?

Kelley Ryan speaks English.

How many years of experience does Kelley Ryan have?

Kelley Ryan has 17 years of experience.

Where is Kelley Ryan licensed to practice?

Kelley Ryan is licensed to practice in New Jersey.

Does Kelley Ryan accept clients outside of the United States?

No, Kelley Ryan does not accept clients outside of the United States.

Is online therapy as effective as in-person therapy?

Numerous studies support the effectiveness of online platforms in facilitating life changes. For instance, research published by JMIR Publications, conducted by teams from the University of Berkeley, UCSF, and SF General Hospital, found that "users of BetterHelp experienced significantly reduced depression symptom severity after engaging with the platform."

What treatment approaches does Kelley Ryan offer?

Kelley Ryan offers clients Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Mindfulness Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, and Solution-Focused Therapy.

How can I communicate with Kelley Ryan ?

Kelley Ryan can be engaged in any one of four ways: (1) Exchanging messages, (2) chatting live, (3) speaking over the phone, or (4) video conferencing. You can use different ways at different times as you wish, based on your needs, availability, and convenience.

How do I get started with Kelley Ryan ?

Just tap the CHAT NOW button or tap here: A new window will open and you'll be directed to a simple form that will help start the conversation. Please note: It can take up to a few days to be matched to a therapist.

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When you tap CHAT NOW a new window will open and you'll be directed to a simple form that will help start the conversation. Please note: It can take up to a few days to be matched to a therapist.