Kelly Barnhill
Serving ages 13-29 for individual therapy
M.S.W., Registered Social Worker Intern
Kelly works with teens and young adults experiencing OCD and intrusive thoughts, rumination, illness anxiety, panic, body image concerns, eating-related concerns, and anxiety that can interfere with everyday life. Her areas of interest include contamination OCD, illness anxiety/OCD, panic disorder, Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD), ARFID, emetophobia, orthorexia, and eating disorders. She also works with family accommodation and anxiety/OCD concerns affecting children and adolescents.
Her training includes Inference-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (iCBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) for OCD. She has also completed specialized education addressing body-focused repetitive behaviors, family anxiety accommodation, co-occurring eating disorders and OCD, ERP for eating disorders, and working with disgust in OCD treatment.
My Style
My style is compassionate, collaborative, reflective, and practical. I want therapy to feel like a space where you can talk openly, feel genuinely heard, and understand the reasoning behind the approaches we use together. Along with empathy, gentle reflection, and humor when appropriate, we’ll build practical tools and coping strategies you can use outside of therapy.
As a first-generation Poarch Creek Indian with lived experience of endometriosis, I bring personal perspective into my work when helpful. I also identify as spiritual without
affiliation with an organized religion.
Virtual Sessions Throughout Florida
Affirming list
LGBTQIA+ Affirming
BIPOC / Indigenous Perspective
Secular Approach
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Chronic Illness-Informed
My Focus Areas
OCD & Intrusive Thoughts
Support for intrusive thoughts and compulsive patterns.
Body Image & BDD
Support for appearance and body image distress.
Illness Anxiety
Help with health fears, symptoms, and uncertainty.
ARFID & Emetophobia
Help with fears around food, nausea, and vomiting.
Panic
Support for panic, fear, and avoidance.
Rumination
Support for repetitive, hard-to-stop thought cycles.
Eating Disorders
Evidence-based support for eating concerns.
Family Accommodation
Helping families reduce patterns that reinforce anxiety or OCD.
Therapeutic Approaches
Inference-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
iCBT
An OCD-focused approach that helps clients understand how obsessive doubt develops and learn to rely more on information grounded in direct experience.
Exposure & Response Prevention
ERP
Helping clients gradually face feared thoughts, situations, or sensations while reducing compulsions and avoidance that reinforce anxiety.
Acceptance & Commitment Therapy
ACT
Helping clients develop a more flexible relationship with difficult thoughts and emotions while taking meaningful action toward what matters to them.
My Why
I believe people deserve a space where they can feel understood without having to separate the different parts of who they are. My own experiences with chronic illness, culture, identity, and spirituality give me an appreciation for how many layers can shape the way we experience anxiety, our bodies, and the world around us.
I’m especially interested in helping people understand patterns that can feel confusing or difficult to control. Whether that involves intrusive thoughts, health fears, eating concerns, panic, or repetitive worry, I want therapy to provide both understanding and practical ways to move forward.
Curiosity is an important part of who I am, and I bring that same curiosity into my work with clients. Rather than assuming there is one explanation or one solution, I want to understand your experience and work together to find approaches that make sense for you.
A Little More About me
Tennis
Kelly enjoys getting outside and playing tennis.
Shelling
Spending time searching for shells is one of her favorite outdoor activities.
Reading
She enjoys settling in with a good book.
Nature & Wildlife
Kelly enjoys animal documentaries & identification, and mushroom identification.
Board Games
She enjoys board games and has an appreciation for nerd and geek culture.
