Kryse Skye , LCSW

Kryse Skye is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 19 years of experience based in Maine. She brings a broad clinical background from work in a mental health agency, an outpatient hospital program, and many years in private practice, supporting people across the lifespan from age 2 to 94. Kryse works with individuals, couples, teens, children, and families on challenges such as stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting, self-esteem, eating and sleeping concerns, anger, career transitions, depression, and compassion fatigue.

Her practice emphasizes trauma-informed care. She is a certified Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, a body-centered approach to understanding and resolving trauma-related symptoms, and she integrates somatic perspectives into her work alongside other therapeutic methods. Kryse also holds the LCSW credential, which identifies her as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker qualified to provide clinical assessment and psychotherapy.

Outside of her clinical work she enjoys time with children and animals, cooking, reading, coloring, music, and water activities with a special fondness for paddle boarding. She also treasures time with her nine-month-old granddaughter.

Somatic and Trauma-Informed Care Online

Somatic Therapy focuses on the connection between the body and emotional experience; it uses gentle attention to bodily sensations and movement to help people process stress and trauma and to rebuild a sense of safety in the body. Trauma-Focused Therapy concentrates on understanding how past traumatic experiences affect current thoughts, feelings, and relationships and uses targeted strategies to reduce ongoing distress and increase coping. Mindfulness Therapy teaches present-moment awareness through simple exercises and breath-based practices that can reduce reactivity and support emotional regulation.

Choosing a therapeutic approach is part of the collaborative process. Kryse works with clients to explore which methods fit their needs, goals, and comfort level, adjusting techniques as progress unfolds so the work stays practical and tailored.

Online therapy offers flexibility in how sessions happen - via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging - which can make it easier to fit support into busy schedules, manage mobility or caregiving demands, and access consistent care from home or other convenient locations. Licensed professionals can deliver many effective interventions through these formats, and Kryse integrates online options into her practice to increase accessibility and continuity of care.