Kelly Germaine Strickland is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who earned her Masters Degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC).

Kelly has been in practice for 13+ years. During her graduate work she specialized in providing mental health therapy to children, including interventions for anxiety, struggle with regulating emotions, obsessions/compulsions, depression, difficult life transitions, grief/loss, building social skills, recovering from trauma, and other family-related issues such as coping with divorce. She has experience working with children with disabilities and/or neurodivergence (e.g. ADHD or ASD) that can often coincide with other mental health issues such as depression and anxiety.

Kelly worked for a number of years in clinic and school-based settings before opening her own private practice in 2015. In addition to working with children, Kelly also has strong experience in providing support to adolescents, adults, and families.

Modalities used include: Motivational Interviewing (MI), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Exposure Response Prevention (ERP), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT and DBT-A), Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT), Trauma-Focused Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), Somatic Therapy, Play Therapy, and Child Parent Psychotherapy (CPP).

Fees/Insurance:

$195 for 60 minute intake sessions

$165 for 45 minute therapy sessions

I am an out of network provider, and my services may be eligible for reimbursement from health insurance companies. You can determine if you have “out of network” benefits by contacting your insurance company directly to ask if they reimburse for out-of-network mental health services. It’s helpful to find out specifics of your mental health coverage with your insurance company(ies) by asking questions such as:

  • Is there a deductible?

  • How many visits per year are covered?

  • Is authorization required?

  • Which services are covered? (CPT codes that typically clients ask about are 90834, 90837, 90846, and 90847).

You have the right to pay for your services without seeking insurance reimbursement in order to avoid the problems described above including having a mental health diagnosis shared with your insurance company.