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Krystal Gesicki is a Licensed Independent Social Worker with Supervision Designation (LISW-S) and a Licensed Independent Chemical Dependency Counselor with a Gambling Endorsement (LICDC-GAMB). She earned her Master of Science in Social Administration from Case Western Reserve University and has advanced training in trauma, addiction, and integrative therapies. Krystal provides outpatient telehealth counseling through CLE Counseling and Wellness Center in Westlake, Ohio, serving clients in Cuyahoga County, Lorain County, and across Ohio.

Krystal is an EMDR Certified therapist and trained in Level 1 Internal Family Systems (IFS), an evidence-based, parts-based approach that helps individuals understand and heal the different aspects of themselves shaped by life experiences. She integrates EMDR and IFS to support deep, lasting healing—helping clients process trauma while building a more compassionate relationship with themselves.

Krystal specializes in working with adults navigating complex trauma, including those who often feel both “too much” and “not enough.” She works with individuals who have learned to hold everything together on the outside while struggling internally, helping them understand the protective patterns that have developed over time.

Krystal has particular experience supporting individuals who are:
– Processing complex or developmental trauma.
– Experiencing emotional overwhelm, dissociation, or internal conflict.
– Feeling stuck in cycles of self-criticism, shame, or avoidance.

Krystal’s approach is grounded in the belief that no part of you is broken. The parts of yourself that reach for relief—through substances, behaviors, or disconnection—have been working to help you survive. Through IFS, she helps clients get to know these parts with curiosity and compassion, while EMDR supports the release of long-held burdens.

Together, you’ll work to better understand your inner world, reduce internal conflict, and reconnect with a sense of steadiness, clarity, and self-trust.

Outside of therapy, Krystal proudly serves as a devoted can-opener to her two cats. You might find her thrifting for hidden treasures, humbly overestimating her golf skills, or knee-deep in a craft project she fully intends to finish.

At a glance:
– Name: Krystal Gesicki, LISW-S, LICDC-GAMB.
– Profession: Licensed Independent Social Worker with Supervision Designation; Licensed Independent Chemical Dependency Counselor with Gambling Endorsement.
– Practice: CLE Counseling and Wellness Center (telehealth).
– Location: Based in Westlake, Ohio; provides telehealth across Ohio.
– Serves: Adults in Cuyahoga County, Lorain County, and throughout Ohio via telehealth.
– Specialties: Complex and developmental trauma, emotional overwhelm, dissociation, internal conflict, shame, self-criticism, avoidance, and addiction-related patterns.
– Therapy approaches: EMDR (Certified), Internal Family Systems (IFS Level 1), integrative trauma-focused counseling, and parts-based, compassion-centered work.

Who Krystal helps:
Krystal works primarily with adults who have experienced complex or developmental trauma and who feel like they are holding everything together externally while struggling internally. She may be a strong fit for individuals who often feel “too much” and “not enough” at the same time, and who want to understand their protective patterns and find steadier, more compassionate ways of relating to themselves.

Conditions and concerns addressed:
– Complex and developmental trauma.
– Emotional overwhelm and difficulty regulating feelings.
– Dissociation and feeling disconnected from self or experience.
– Internal conflict between different “parts” or aspects of self.
– Cycles of self-criticism, shame, and avoidance.
– Substance use or other coping strategies used to manage distress.

Therapy approaches:
– EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) as a certified provider.
– Internal Family Systems (IFS Level 1) to work with parts of self.
– Integrative, trauma-focused counseling.
– Compassion-centered, strengths-based work that views all parts as protective rather than broken.

What issues does Krystal Gesicki treat?
Krystal Gesicki works with adults processing complex and developmental trauma, experiencing emotional overwhelm, dissociation, internal conflict, and feeling stuck in cycles of self-criticism, shame, avoidance, or survival-oriented coping.

What type of therapy does Krystal Gesicki use?
Krystal integrates EMDR and Internal Family Systems (IFS) to support deep healing—using EMDR to help release long-held burdens from traumatic experiences and IFS to help clients understand and build compassionate relationships with the different parts of themselves.

Who is a good fit to work with Krystal?
Krystal may be a good fit for adults who feel like they keep things together on the outside but struggle internally, who often feel “too much” and “not enough,” and who want a therapist who sees their protective patterns as survival strategies rather than flaws.

Does Krystal Gesicki offer telehealth in Ohio?
Yes. Krystal provides telehealth counseling through CLE Counseling and Wellness Center, serving adults located throughout Ohio.

Where is Krystal Gesicki’s counseling practice based?
Krystal practices with CLE Counseling and Wellness Center in Westlake, Ohio, and offers telehealth sessions to clients in Cuyahoga County, Lorain County, and across the state.

What can clients expect in therapy with Krystal?
Clients can expect a space where no part of them is viewed as broken, where survival strategies are understood with curiosity and compassion, and where EMDR and IFS are used together to reduce internal conflict and reconnect with steadiness, clarity, and self-trust.