Felicia Kellen

Felicia Kellen is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) practicing in Minnesota. She draws on six years of clinical experience and a longer background providing direct mental health services to children, teens, and their caregivers. Felicia focuses on helping people cope with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, and mood concerns in everyday life.

She aims to build a relaxed, open, and non-judgmental space. Felicia emphasizes listening first and tailoring each session to the person in front of her. She works collaboratively so goals come from the client and progress feels realistic.

Felicia uses a blend of approaches to match each person’s needs. She includes trauma-focused work alongside client-centered methods and cognitive behavioral tools. She also brings mindfulness and narrative techniques into sessions when they fit the goals.

Her background includes formal training in Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Child Parent Psychotherapy, and Illness Management and Recovery. She has completed an immersive course in Polyvagal Theory and holds a 200-hour yoga teacher training certificate, which informs her use of body-based calming tools.

Felicia commonly supports people managing parenting stress, adoption and foster care concerns, postpartum challenges, grief, relationship and communication problems, and issues tied to trauma or past abuse. She invites people ready to make change to take the next step and work toward more manageable days.

Approaches you can use online and in session

Trauma-focused work aims to help people process distressing events and reduce symptoms tied to past harm. It often combines talking about the event with skills to manage strong emotions and reactions. Client-centered therapy emphasizes listening, empathy, and helping people set their own goals while the therapist follows their lead. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with practical behavior changes to relieve anxiety and low mood.

Finding the right approach is part of therapy. The therapist will work together with the client to decide which methods feel most helpful. Goals, preferences, and daily demands guide that choice so sessions stay focused and useful.

The biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It can also make it simpler to try body-based calming tools or guided mindfulness between appointments. Licensed professionals adjust methods so the work translates to remote meetings and supports day-to-day coping.