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Kellisha Priester

CA LMFT 131025
Credentials
CA LMFT 131025
NPI Number
1801291281
Location
California
Languages
English
Kellisha Priester

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11 years experience | Counselor of Color
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About Kellisha Priester

As a licensed therapist in California, I bring 11 years of dedicated experience supporting individuals through complex life challenges. My practice centers on creating a compassionate, affirming space for clients navigating relationship dynamics, family conflicts, and personal growth.

I specialize in addressing a wide range of concerns, including communication challenges, life transitions, workplace stress, and issues affecting young adults, veterans, and first responders. My approach honors each client’s unique identity and experiences, with a particular commitment to supporting individuals facing prejudice, discrimination, and complex family dynamics.

Drawing from evidence-based practices, I offer culturally responsive guidance that empowers clients to develop healthier relationships, overcome personal barriers, and cultivate meaningful life purpose. My work is grounded in understanding the intersections of personal experience, systemic challenges, and individual resilience.

I am deeply committed to creating a therapeutic environment that feels safe, respectful, and transformative for individuals from all backgrounds.

Licenses

LMFT
131025

Professional experience

  • Compassion fatigue
  • Family conflicts
  • Intimacy-related issues
  • Parenting issues
  • Relationship issues

Additional Focus Areas

  • Adoption and foster care
  • Aging and geriatric issues
  • Blended family issues
  • Caregiver issues and stress
  • Codependency
  • Commitment issues
  • Communication problems
  • Control issues
  • Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
  • Dependent personality
  • Divorce and separation
  • Domestic violence
  • Family of origin issues
  • Family problems
  • Fatherhood issues
  • First responder issues
  • Guilt and shame
  • Hospice and end-of-life counseling
  • Impulsivity
  • Life purpose
  • Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
  • Prejudice and discrimination
  • Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
  • Women's issues
  • Workplace issues
  • Young adult issues

Languages

  • English
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