Kelli Brunk

Kelli Brunk is a licensed clinical social worker with 28 years in private practice. She speaks English and Spanish and offers counseling from her Florida base. Kelli focuses on helping people cope with grief, life transitions, and the stresses that come with illness and caregiving.

Her sessions are practical and down-to-earth. She talks through immediate concerns like anxiety, depression, sleep issues, and relationship or family tensions. She also supports people facing longer term challenges such as chronic pain, cancer-related stresses, and aging or caregiver strain.

Kelli uses straightforward, goal-focused methods. She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Solution-Focused Therapy to help people identify patterns, test new ways of thinking, and try small changes that make daily life easier. Sessions tend to emphasize concrete steps and coping tools rather than long theory talks.

The tone in her work is warm and nonjudgmental. She encourages honest conversation about hard feelings, including abandonment, emptiness, or responses after trauma. Many clients come for help with parenting strain, career stress, or managing bipolar mood shifts alongside other life demands.

Her background includes substantial experience with older adults and disability issues, and she has worked with people affected by chronic illness and bereavement. If someone wants a practical, compassionate space to sort problems and try new solutions, Kelli aims to make those first steps easier.

How CBT and Solution-Focused Work Online

CBT, or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. It helps people spot unhelpful thinking and try different responses to reduce anxiety, depression, or sleep problems. Solution-Focused Therapy emphasizes small, practical steps and building on what already works; it is often used for clear goals like improving communication or managing daily routines.

Choosing the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will explore your needs, goals, and preferences and will work together with you to find what fits best. That collaborative planning can include testing a CBT exercise for a few weeks or trying brief, solution-focused steps and checking what helps most.

Confirm the current session options before booking so you know how sessions are scheduled. Online work can make it easier to fit counseling into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when schedules demand it. If camera use is difficult, alternatives can be discussed to match your comfort and bandwidth. The goal is practical therapy that fits everyday life while addressing the issues you bring.