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Kelli Trueblood-Graves, LCSW
New Mexico
Licensed Clinical Social Worker - Addictions and Trauma
See online therapy options- Addictions support
- Trauma recovery
- LGBT issues
About Kelli
Kelli Trueblood-Graves is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in New Mexico with 10 years of experience. She works with people who are coping with addictions, trauma and abuse, LGBT-related concerns, and parenting challenges. She also addresses stress, anxiety, relationship and family issues, grief, eating and sleeping problems, anger, self-esteem, and life transitions.
She uses straightforward conversation to help clients notice patterns that get in the way. She views each person as the expert on their own story and looks for strengths to build on. Sessions focus on practical steps choices people can try between visits.
Kelli draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and habits and to test new ways of thinking and acting. She also uses attachment-based ideas to understand relationship patterns and client-centered methods to keep the person’s goals central. Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills and Motivational Interviewing can be introduced when the situation calls for emotion regulation or behavior change.
In sessions she talks through current problems, practices concrete skills, and sets small experiments to try at home. This approach aims to make problems more manageable and reduce stressful reactions over time. She pays attention to how family background, adoption or foster care history, and relationship structures like polyamory or non-monogamy affect daily life.
Kelli’s work includes support around body image, eating and food-related issues, postpartum depression, domestic violence, dissociation, personality disorder challenges, and substance use. People who contact her complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session to begin.
How her approaches translate to online sessions
CBT helps people notice and test thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going. In practice this means identifying a worrying thought, planning a small change, and reviewing what happened. It is useful for anxiety, stress, sleep and eating issues, and for reducing addictive behaviors.Attachment-based ideas look at how early relationships shape current interactions. This work focuses on patterns in close relationships and aims to change how someone responds to conflict or closeness. Client-centered methods keep the person’s goals and preferences front and center, with the therapist following the client’s lead while offering reflections and practical suggestions.
Finding the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will talk with each person about strengths, goals, and what feels practical. Together they decide whether to emphasize CBT exercises, attachment work, DBT skills, or motivational interviewing based on the problem and the person’s preferences.
Session formats are not listed in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into busy days, shorten commute time, or use a phone call when bandwidth is limited. The focus remains on concrete skills, behavior experiments, and regular check-ins that fit into everyday life.
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Experience
10+ years
Listed in
New Mexico
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she most often address?
She helps people with addictions, trauma and abuse, LGBT-related concerns, parenting, stress, anxiety, and relationship and family issues.
How does she use Cognitive Behavioral Therapy?
She uses CBT to identify unhelpful thoughts and habits and to practice different responses. The work includes trying small experiments to see what changes help.
What is her professional background?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 10 years of experience working in clinical settings and community care.
Where is she licensed to practice?
She holds an LCSW credential licensed in New Mexico and works with clients located there.
Which languages can sessions be held in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the country work with her?
International clients are not accepted at this time.
How are sessions arranged and paid for?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
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