Psychotherapist and Associate Clinical Director
Kaely Phelps
LCSW (NY) · Pronouns: she/her
Nothing ever goes away until it teaches us what we need to know.
Welcome
Kaely Phelps is a psychotherapist and the Associate Clinical Director at Repose. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and sees clients online. Kaely most enjoys long-term work with people who feel ready to go beyond coping skills. Many of her clients want to understand themselves more deeply.
Working with Kaely feels attentive and unhurried. She listens to what is said out loud. She also notices what is happening underneath, in the body and in the space between you. The pace is set with care, so there is room to open up when it feels safe.
Clinical background
Kaely Phelps's clinical background
Service Locations
- Online in New York
Insurance Accepted
- Aetna (including PPO, HMO, Meritain Health, 1199 SEIU National Benefits Fund and Aetna Student plans)
- Wellfleet Student (NYU, School of Visual Arts, Sarah Lawrence College, etc.)
- Northwell Direct
- Out-Of-Network Benefits Reimbursement
Therapeutic Modalities
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Attachment-Oriented Therapy
- Relational Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
Clinical Expertise
- Trauma
- Life Transitions
- Anxiety
- Grief
- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
- Couples and Relationship Concerns
Client Focus
- Adults in long-term therapy
- People seeking deeper self-understanding
- Couples
Education
- Master of Science in Social Work, Columbia University
- Bachelor of Arts in Behavioral Science, Drew University
Certifications and Training
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDRIA)
- Exposure and Response Prevention Therapy
- Registered Yoga Teacher, 200 hours
- The Gottman Method
Languages
- English
Licenses
- New York Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)
Working together
How Kaely can support you
People often come to Kaely for support with trauma, anxiety, and life transitions. She also works with grief and with OCD. Kaely sees couples as well as individuals.
Kaely hopes clients feel safe enough to open up and explore their histories. Over time, they may begin to loosen tightly held beliefs and patterns. These are often the ones that leave a person feeling stuck.
Her approach
Kaely's approach
Kaely's work is somatic and relational. She draws on psychodynamic and attachment-oriented therapy. These approaches look at how early relationships can shape the way we connect today.
She also uses Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), an approach designed to help people process distressing memories. Alongside talking, Kaely pays attention to the body and the nervous system. Together, these offer more than one way to understand what a person is carrying.
Why Kaely
Why work with Kaely
Kaely looks below what is spoken aloud. She tunes in to what is happening in the body and the nervous system as you talk.
She also pays attention to the relationship itself. What happens between client and therapist in the room can offer its own insight.
About
About Kaely Phelps
Kaely holds a Bachelor of Arts in Behavioral Science and a Master of Science in Social Work, and she is certified in EMDR and trained in the Gottman Method. She is also a 200-hour registered yoga teacher. Outside of work, Kaely enjoys reading fiction, practicing yoga, and cold water swimming. She loves her morning tea and coffee rituals. She also enjoys hiking and any time spent among animals or in the mountains.
Influences
my family, Donald Winnicott, Mary Ainsworth, Jessica Benjamin, Pema Chödrön, Gabor Maté, Peter Levine
Rituals
making coffee, yoga, time in nature, cooking, meditation
Library
The Myth of Normal (Gabor Maté, with Daniel Maté); Braiding Sweetgrass (Robin Wall Kimmerer); What My Bones Know (Stephanie Foo); Man’s Search for Meaning (Viktor E. Frankl), The Deepest Well (Nadine Burke Harris); When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times (Pema Chödrön), The Bonds of Love: Psychoanalysis, Feminism, and the Problem of Domination (Jessica Benjamin); My Grandmother’s Hands (Resmaa Menakem)
Areas of focus at Repose
Where Kaely can help
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