Kelli Trueblood-Graves
Compassionate, skills-focused therapy for real-life challenges
LCSW New Mexico
- Experience
- 10 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Addictions, LGBT, Trauma and abuse
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Attachment-Based Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Kelli
Kelli Trueblood-Graves is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) who centers Cognitive Behavioral Therapy alongside other evidence-informed methods to help people identify patterns that maintain distress and build clearer, more effective coping strategies.
Background and approach
With ten years of professional experience in New Mexico, she blends practical skill-building with a strengths-based perspective, encouraging clients to use their existing resources while learning new ways of responding to stress, anxiety, and relationship challenges.
Her practice addresses a wide range of concerns, including addictions, trauma and abuse, LGBT-related matters, parenting and blended family issues, grief, intimacy and relationship difficulties, eating and sleeping problems, and anger or self-esteem concerns. Additional areas of focus include adoption and foster care, kink and alternative sexual culture, codependency, dissociation, domestic violence, and postpartum depression.
Kelli integrates approaches such as attachment-based work, client-centered techniques, dialectical behavior therapy skills, and motivational interviewing to tailor care to each person’s needs. Clients can expect an approach that recognizes their lived experience and emphasizes collaboration and practical change.
She works in English and practices in New Mexico as NM LCSW SWB-2023-0240, drawing on a decade of clinical practice to support people navigating life transitions and complex emotional challenges.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Many clients benefit from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy because it focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and replacing them with more effective alternatives; CBT can be especially useful for anxiety, stress, sleep difficulties, and certain patterns that maintain substance use. Attachment-Based Therapy explores how early and current relationship patterns shape emotional responses and can help with intimacy issues, family of origin concerns, and grief. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes empathy, acceptance, and the client's own expertise about their life, creating space for exploration and personal growth.Choosing the right method is a collaborative process. The therapist works together with each client to determine which combination of approaches best fits their goals, preferences, and the specific challenges they bring, and adjusts course as needs change over time.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility by allowing video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and communication styles. These formats make it easier to maintain continuity of care during life transitions, reduce travel time, and provide options for people who prefer shorter or more frequent check-ins as part of a skills-based treatment plan.
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Experience
10+ years
Licensed
New Mexico
Languages
English