Therapist profile
Irene Kepler, LMSW, LCSW
LCSW - Stress, family and parenting focus
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- CBT strategies
- DBT skills
- Mindfulness practice
About Irene
Irene Kepler is a Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) and Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 22 years of clinical experience, licensed in Michigan and Arizona. She works with adults who are struggling with stress, anxiety, grief, relationship problems, parenting strain, trauma and abuse, and a range of other concerns including addiction and mood issues.
She focuses on practical, moment-to-moment work. Sessions look at what is happening now and what can be changed. Irene uses tools drawn from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, mindfulness, and solution-focused methods to help people reduce distress and manage difficult feelings.
Her background includes long clinical experience with LGBTQ needs, family-related conflicts, and trauma. She also lists additional focus areas such as adoption and foster care, attachment concerns, caregiver stress, and gender dysphoria. That experience informs how she frames questions and sets goals in sessions.
Irene aims to help clients talk through patterns that cause pain and to build small skills for calmer days. Typical steps include identifying unhelpful thinking, practicing emotion regulation skills, and trying brief behavioral experiments between sessions.
She works with people who want to address parenting pressures, relationship tension, or struggles rooted in past family issues. Sessions move at a steady, practical pace, with clear suggestions and collaborative planning for what comes next.
How sessions work
How her approaches translate to online work
CBT focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Online sessions using CBT typically include skill teaching, brief homework tasks, and checking how new behaviors worked during the week. This helps with anxiety, depression, and patterns that affect family life.DBT provides concrete skills for managing intense emotions and improving relationships. In practice that can mean learning grounding techniques, emotion regulation strategies, and clearer ways to communicate when things heat up at home.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will collaborate with the client to choose which methods to try based on goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't worked before. That collaborative planning can be revisited as needs change.
The biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm the current options before booking. In general, online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and let people join from different locations. Licensed professionals can adapt CBT and DBT exercises to work in remote sessions, using clear structure and brief between-session tasks to keep progress moving.
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Experience
22+ years
Listed in
Arizona, Michigan
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she focus on related to family life?
She lists family conflict, parenting strain, family of origin issues, divorce and separation, and fatherhood issues among the concerns she addresses with adults.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her approach is practical and skills-based, using methods such as CBT, DBT, mindfulness, motivational interviewing, and solution-focused techniques to address current problems and build coping strategies.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 22 years of experience working with people on stress, trauma, LGBTQ issues, and related concerns across different settings.
What credentials and state ties does she hold?
She is an LMSW and an LCSW, licensed in Michigan and Arizona, and practices from Arizona as listed.
Does she work in languages other than English or with international clients?
Sessions are offered in English, and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are offered?
The original biography does not specify session formats; please confirm current session options before booking.
How are costs handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location, and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What do I need to do to begin working with her?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule a first session.
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