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Improvisation for Healing
While the majority of my hours were spent as a generalist, my specialty area was Behavioral Health (partial hospitalization, inpatient adult, inpatient geriatric, and inpatient intensive care):
- Facilitated 3 spirituality groups per week in partial hospitalization and inpatient units.
- Created, developed, and Implemented Improvisation for Healing curriculum in spirituality groups.
- Collaborated with Vice-President of Mission and Spiritual Care to create and present suicide awareness presentation for local Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (ELCA) diaconate students and interns.
- Expanded my suicide awareness and prevention workshop into the thesis project for my Master of Arts in Leadership Studies (MALS) thesis.
Mental Illness Small Group Ministry
In my congregational internship, I supported our Mental Health Awareness Team (MyHAT) and helped them create a small group ministry for individuals who have lived experience with mental illness and their loved ones. The group is still going today, over 7 years later.
What Others Say
Rev. Kelly has been leading improv classes for our Adult Day Services participants with phenomenal results. These classes are not only engaging, but bring out participants' opportunities for connection, focus, spontaneity, and confidence. One participant told me that he hadn't laughed this hard in a long time. After I sent photos to another participant's wife, she replied, "OMG!!!! These are priceless. He is so animated. I love these."
~ Rebecca Borello, Adult Day Program Manager at Jewish Family Service - Cincinnati
Reverend Kellie Kelly has a particular gift in speaking with young adults. She is able to describe things in a way that reaches all audiences. She has so many previous life experiences that make her the perfect leader of her ministry. I would highly recommend Kellie as a speaker or group facilitator.
~ Ellie Baker, World Religions Teacher at Oakwood High School
