Kellie Jondro, LICSW, LCSW

Kellie Jondro is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people manage stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem, depression, and big life changes. She brings a calm, practical approach and focuses on building everyday coping skills. Kellie says small, manageable actions can make life feel more doable. She works with concerns related to caregiving, chronic illness and pain, isolation, and workplace stress. Kellie has been a mental health professional for 26 years. She holds a Master of Social Work from the University of South Florida and also completed a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology there. Her background includes individual therapy, crisis counseling, home health work, dialysis clinic social work, respite foster care parenting, and substitute teaching with special needs students. This wide experience informs a pragmatic, down-to-earth style. In sessions she listens without judgment and helps people set short, achievable goals. Kellie uses Solution-Focused Therapy to identify strengths and small steps that lead to change. She emphasizes building resilience and practical strategies people can use between appointments. Kellie values time outdoors and small routines that restore balance. She and her husband enjoy camping and live music, and they spend time with their young adult children. Those personal interests feed her belief in simple, restorative activities. Her practice is based in Florida and she offers work shaped by real-life constraints and responsibilities. People who want straightforward guidance and help putting coping strategies into practice may find her approach helpful.

Using Solution-Focused Thinking in Online Therapy

Solution-Focused Therapy centers on identifying what is already working and building small, practical steps from there. It focuses on clear, short-term goals and on actions someone can try between sessions to reduce stress and improve daily functioning. This approach is often helpful for anxiety, coping with chronic illness, caregiver strain, and life transitions.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will listen to your needs, goals, and preferences and help decide if a solution-focused path fits. If other techniques seem useful, those options can be discussed and combined in a way that matches what you want to accomplish.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so please confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, such as taking a short check-in during a lunch break or avoiding travel time. It can also reduce the need to arrange childcare or time off work. Many licensed professionals adapt solution-focused exercises for remote sessions so clients can try small changes between meetings and track progress over time.