- Stress and anxiety
- Parenting support
- Communication skills
About Kelly
Kelly Ritzman is a Licensed Professional Counselor - Mental Health (LPC-MH) practicing in South Dakota with 25 years of experience. She works with adults who are facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship problems, trauma and parenting concerns. Her listed additional focuses include communication problems, control issues, guilt and shame, self-love, and social anxiety and phobia.
Kelly offers a direct, practical style in sessions. She listens for patterns that keep people stuck and helps them name those patterns. Conversations often focus on what feels most urgent now and on small, doable changes the client can try between visits.
She describes her work as collaborative. Kelly checks in about values and beliefs and uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to guide the process. That can mean learning new ways to speak up, practicing skills for calming anxiety, or looking at how past events influence present choices.
Many clients bring long-standing guilt or shame into the room. Kelly helps people look at those feelings, understand where they come from, and consider different responses. Sessions also address communication breakdowns and parenting stress in clear, practical terms.
Her background and steady experience make her comfortable with complex, overlapping issues. She encourages clients to set the pace and focuses on building skills that can be used day to day. To begin, prospective clients follow the site's process to complete a short questionnaire and schedule an initial session.
How evidence-based approaches translate to online sessions
Kelly uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to guide conversations. Cognitive-style approaches help people notice and test thoughts that feed guilt and shame, offering simple experiments to try between sessions. Skills-based approaches focus on communication and anxiety management, teaching concrete tools to use in stressful moments.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Kelly collaborates with each client to choose methods that fit their situation, goals, and preferences. That means checking in about what helps, adjusting techniques, and pacing the work to match the person's comfort level.
Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. In general, online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, and let people try shorter check-ins when needed. Therapists and clients often use online sessions to keep momentum between in-person visits or when life requires more flexible scheduling.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Experience
25+ years
Listed in
South Dakota
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, trauma and parenting concerns, plus related issues like guilt and shame.
How would she approach feelings of guilt or shame?
Kelly helps clients identify where those feelings come from and looks at practical, day-to-day responses rather than offering quick fixes.
What kind of experience does she bring?
She has 25 years of clinical experience working with adults on overlapping concerns such as trauma, relationships, and anxiety.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is listed as LPC-MH (Licensed Professional Counselor - Mental Health) in South Dakota.
Does she work in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the United States work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are sessions paid for?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What is the process to begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.