Areas of Expertise: depression, anxiety, trauma & PTSD, Borderline Personality Disorder, grief, chronic illness, chronic mental health issues, life transitions, non-suicidal self-injury, suicidal ideation, women’s Issues, self-compassion, emotional disturbances
Treatments Provided: Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Attachment-Focused EMDR, Person-Centered Therapy, Feminist
Education: MA Professional Counseling (Lindenwood University, 2017)
Certifications: EMDR Certified Therapist (EMDRIA, 2022); DBT Core Certified by DBTmo (MO Department of Mental Health, 2021)
Kelly Buckley, LPC (she/her) provides individual, group, and family therapy with adults and older adults; she is a member of Upaya’s DBT Consultation Team. She also provides EMDR and specializes in Attachment-Focused EMDR (AF-EMDR) to help clients who may need a more relational and reparative approach to EMDR therapy. Kelly’s main goal as a therapist is to help people strengthen self-compassion and connect with the inner-self. She uses ego-state techniques to help people learn how to have more positive thoughts about themselves and their future. The kind of therapy Kelly provides helps people learn to create satisfying relationships and reconnect with goals and aspirations.
