Josette Kehl, LCSW

If you need a safe place and experienced counselor to help you process life or emotions, work towards relationship growth and healing, increase coping skills and emotional regulation, or address attachment-related wounds, Josette is likely going to be a good fit. Josette Kehl, LCSW is a licensed clinical social worker who is experienced with a wide range of clients, from children with abuse histories and attachment trauma to couples wanting to improve their relationship, to adults trying to manage anxiety/depression, difficult family relationships, or grief/loss. Josette will help you feel truly seen, heard, and valued. You’ll find her approach to be relational, encouraging and direct. She specializes in working with attachment issues, relationship issues, trauma, loss, and parent-child issues. 

Josette uses her knowledge or how bodies and brains work together to help clients build self-regulation/self-soothing skills, and manage mental health symptoms like anxiety and depression. She believes that it's important to address attachment wounds because these  impact so many aspects our our lives and relationships. She works with couples to repair and rebuild and offers marriage counseling without bias or judgement. Josette skillfully weaves a Christian worldview and Biblical principles into counseling when specifically requested by clients. On a personal note, Josette enjoys spending time with her husband and their three adult children. Her favorite pastimes include traveling, reading and drinking tea, hiking, biking, and line dancing. 

Fee: $130/hr
Accepting New Clients: Book Appointment
Location: 7522 N La Cholla Blvd; In Person & Telehealth
Client Focus: Adults 18+, Couples, Teens 13+, Children 8-12
Specialty Areas: Anxiety, Depression, Trauma/Abuse, Attachment Wounds, Relational Distress, Healthy Boundaries, Obsessive-Compulsive Tendencies, Difficult Family Relationships including parent/adult child, High Conflict Custody Situations, Foster Care/Adoption, Open Adoption, Infertility, Life Transitions
License: AZ LCSW-2451
Degree: Master of Social Work (MSW)
Other: Clinical Supervisor

Josette is a Trust Based Relational Intervention (TBRI®) Practitioner and Making Sense of Your Worth® (MSOYW®) Facilitator. She utilizes models such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT), IATP, 5-Narrative Model (Gentry), and draws heavily from Attachment Theory, Polyvagal Theory (Porges), and Mindfulness and Somatic Psychology.