Kelsie Kenefick, LCMHC - North Carolina Therapist at Grow Therapy

Kelsie Kenefick

Kelsie Kenefick

(she/her)

LCMHC
30 years of experience
Virtual
In-person
671 Brevard Roa...

Are you struggling with chronic pain, trauma, anxiety, or the burdens of chronic stress? If you answered “yes” to any of these, you have come to the right place. I have been Board Certified in Biofeedback since 1995. I have worked in hospitals and in private practice with persons having any condition that is created by, or exacerbated by, an imbalance in the nervous system. I know chronic pain, and trauma, both personally and as a clinician. There is an undeniable link between chronic pain and trauma.

What can clients expect to take away from sessions with you?

Our collaboration aims to provide you with the tools to manage & reduce, or eliminate, your symptoms. On the first session you will be ranking physical, mental, & emotional symptoms on a scale of 1 - 10 & letting me know which are the most important to you to work on. You will re-rank those symptoms, from time to time, as we move through the sessions so your progress is clear.

Explain to clients what areas you feel are your biggest strengths.

My greatest strengths are: 1) teaching clients how to integrate these skills into one's life for change that will last a lifetime and 2) seeing dramatic results. I have had countless clients reduce their pain levels from #10 (extreme) to #0 (no pain). Many have avoided surgeries. They have gone on to experience joy in their life again. What is causing the pain is over-arousal in the nervous system. There is an undeniable link between the body, mind and emotions. When I talk about the body healing it is because the mind and emotions are healing. They cannot be separated.

About Kelsie Kenefick

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Address

671 Brevard Road, Asheville, NC, USA

Appointments

Virtual & in-person

My treatment methods

Biofeedback

I have been Board Certified in Biofeedback (BCIAC) since 1995. I use the principles of biofeedback in counseling. It is extremely effective. It is true mind-body healing and is scientific and provable. I have used it primarily with chronic pain and headache patients. However, I use it with any condition where the nervous system is out of balance.

Mindfulness-Based Therapy

Mindfulness training, and self-compassion training, are two more modalities that I find to be very effective for many symptoms. Mindfulness trains you to be more fully in the present moment by increasing your awareness of your internal state and surroundings. If you are fully in the present moment it is not possible to have fear of the future (anxiety). It teaches you to observe your thoughts, emotions, and other present-moment experiences without judging or reacting to them. Self-compassion teaches you to be as loving, kind, and nonjudgemental towards yourself as you would be towards a good friend in distress.

Transpersonal

I integrate transpersonal psychology into my sessions when clients are wanting it and are open to it. Transpersonal psychology explores spiritual and transcendent aspects. It relates to growth through higher consciousness and higher thinking. It can be very helpful in anxious and troubled times to touch into one’s own spiritual connection for support.

Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)

I use CBT to help clients recognize unproductive thoughts and replace them with thoughts that will better serve them. I help them to see how the thoughts create our emotions. Then, the emotions create reactions in the body. Those reactions can be chemical, hormonal, muscular, changes in the heart rate, respiration, and much more. Obviously, the quality of our thoughts are critical to our physical health. I work holistically.

Integrative

By now you know I take an integrative approach. My master's degree was in Humanistic psychology. It is part of my schema; as is Gestalt, somatic healing, compassion focused therapy, and existential therapy. I use different approaches with different clients but it always includes healing of the mind, physical body, and emotional body. They cannot be separated!

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