Kaylee Wasco, LCSW

Kaylee (she/her) earned a Master's in Social Work from the University of Michigan while specializing in the welfare of children and families, trauma, and school social work. She also earned a Bachelor of Science in Human Development and a Master’s in Public Administration from Binghamton University in New York.

Kaylee has training and experience using DBT, RO-DBT, Brain-spotting, Emotion Focused Family Therapy, Internal Family Systems (IFS), and Assessing and Managing Suicide Risk. She individualizes her approach with these modalities to meet the client where they are at, while pushing them toward their goals in a solution focused style.

Kaylee has worked with individuals who struggle with anxiety, depression, self-harm, exposure to traumatic situations that may lead to PTSD, grief, ADHD, borderline traits, those in foster systems, those affected by microaggressions/racial trauma, and especially those seeking gender affirming care or seeking other LGBTQIA+ support.

In family sessions, she works with the system and the dynamics playing out, instead of a “one person is the problem” mindset. She is striving for the family to heal and connect by each person approaching things differently. Kaylee particularly enjoys working with families with rescuing tendencies or who may struggle to set and hold boundaries.

Kaylee’s therapeutic approach is strengths-based, solution-focused, trauma informed, and systems informed. She does this by leaning into a relational model through being authentic and real, while also being direct and looking at the bigger picture. Kaylee works to empower her clients by helping them realize the way they have adapted to survive is no longer what’s necessary for them to thrive. She believes people hold the capacity to gain the life they want and simply need guidance in discovering the way, more importantly, she wants her clients and families to feel that she cares.

Kaylee is originally from Michigan. She was a Division One athlete and vice president of her university’s Glee Club. She now enjoys life through bike rides, pickleball leagues, picnics, crafting, reading, and playing with her two cats who assist in her sessions occasionally. When you meet Kaylee, ask about her giraffe collection!