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

Kelly has been in practice for 15+ years. During her graduate work she specialized in providing mental health therapy to children/teens and their families, including interventions for anxiety, emotional regulation challenges, obsessions/compulsions, phobias, depression, eating struggles such as restriction/binging, difficult life transitions, grief/loss, building social skills, trauma recovery, and other family-related issues such as coping with divorce. She has experience working with children with disabilities and/or neurodivergence (diagnostically known as ADHD, Autism, OCD, etc.) that can often coincide with other mental health issues such as depression and anxiety. Kelly has specialized experience working with children ages 0-5, school-aged children, and teenagers; though she also does work with adults and seniors.

Kelly worked for a number of years in clinic and school-based settings before opening her own private practice in 2015.

Modalities

Kelly is trained/experienced in the following modalities, and is bilingual in English and Spanish:

Motivational Interviewing* (MI)
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy* (DBT, DBT-A)
Exposure Response Prevention* (ERP), International OCD Foundation
Supportive Parenting of Anxious Childhood Emotions (SPACE), Yale Child Study Center and SPACE-AFRID (treating Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder)
Child Parent Psychotherapy (CPP), The National Child Traumatic Stress Network
Play Therapy
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Trauma-Focused CBT (TF-CBT), CBT for Eating Disorders
and Somatics.

*Kelly has specialized additional training/experience related to adapting and/or using these modalities when working with autistics.

Specialization

  • Pediatric OCD/Anxiety, including Separation Anxiety, Social Anxiety, Generalized Anxiety (GAD), Fears and Phobias (such as bug phobias, a fear of vomitting, or phobias related to needles), Panic Disorder, Agoraphobia, Selective Mutism, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Picky Eating (ARFID)

  • Treatment Adaptations for Clients with ADHD and/or Autism, including clients with high demand avoidance

  • “School Refusal”

Fees & Insurance Information

2026 Fees

$242 for 60 minute intake sessions

$180 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 the 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.

Good Faith Estimate Policy

ABOUT YOUR RIGHT TO RECEIVE A GOOD FAITH ESTIMATE OF EXPECTED CHARGES

Under the law, as a health care provider, I will give patients who don’t have insurance or who are not using insurance an estimate of the bill for medical items and services.

This estimate is called a "Good Faith Estimate" and explains how much your Therapy services will cost. Here are a few key things you should know about your Good Faith Estimate:

  • You have the right to receive a Good Faith Estimate for the total expected cost of any non-emergency items or services. This includes related costs like medical tests, prescription drugs, equipment, and hospital fees.

  • You may ensure that I give you a Good Faith Estimate in writing at least 3 business days before your Therapy services or item. You can also ask me for a Good Faith Estimate prior to scheduling.

  • If you receive a bill that is $400 more than your Good Faith Estimate, you can dispute the bill.

  • It's recommended that you save a copy of your Good Faith Estimate for your records.

For further information, visit www.cms.gov/nosurprises or call 800-985-3059.