About the Practice
Resilient Mind Psychology was established in 2025 by Dr. Nicole Keedy, Licensed Psychologist, to offer goal-oriented therapy and other specialized services. The name reflects a focus on the resilience that exists within each of us. Using research-based methods, you can learn to navigate the emotions, thoughts, and behaviors that accompany life’s inevitable challenges.
Resilient Mind Psychology welcomes general adult therapy clients and offers much-needed mental healthcare access for first responders (including police officers, sheriff’s deputies, firefighters, EMTs, paramedics, emergency communications dispatchers, and corrections officers) and their significant others.
About the Approach
(the textbook version)
Therapy with Dr. Keedy promotes your self-awareness and healthy coping in a calm, confidential, and supportive space. She utilizes evidence-based treatments in an integrated manner to address your unique mental health concerns. Treatment may include mindfulness-based cognitive behavioral therapy (MCBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and exposure-based approaches.
Outcomes may include:
- Improved interpersonal communication
- Increased self-awareness
- Reduced focus on escaping, avoiding, or “fixing” distress
- Pursuing meaning despite extreme life challenges
- Increased opportunities for joy and connection
- Expanded sense of life fulfillment
Why choose Dr. Keedy?
(in her own words)
If you keep hearing messages – from yourself or others – to “stop worrying,” “be more present,” “stop overreacting,” or “focus on the positive” but you continue to feel overwhelmed, anxious, worried, or irritable, I am here to help. During my time as a therapist, many clients have shared components of our work together that felt particularly helpful and, in some cases, their first successful therapy. I have incorporated years of helpful feedback into my approach.
My doctoral training in Counseling Psychology taught me the importance of linking practice with science. I am a lifelong learner and I continually seek training with experts in the field of psychology to stay up-to-date and to offer best practices in our work together.
I have learned that my calling is working with anxiety disorders, OCD, PTSD/trauma symptoms, adjustment to life-altering diagnoses, and other stressors that can make your brain over-protective and over-reactive. You can learn to understand these reactions and respond more effectively. Treating these struggles is where my PhD, over 15 years of experience as a licensed psychologist, and advanced training in these areas offer an advantage in addressing your needs. Your symptoms are treatable, and my goal-directed therapy process can help.
The most effective, research-based therapy approaches all contain several core components:
- Increasing awareness of your thoughts and emotions
- Feeling, expressing, and releasing distressing emotions
- Building strategies to manage stress effectively
- Recognizing undesirable patterns in your behavior
- Making intentional changes in your behavior patterns
I truly believe that if you are willing to engage in this approach, you can and will benefit. I will encourage you to reflect and provide feedback throughout the process to ensure that our time together addresses your unique needs. You do not need to keep suffering. Please reach out and start learning how to manage your struggles.
Background and Training
Dr. Keedy has served the tri-state area as a licensed psychologist since 2010.
Her training includes:
- BA in psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison
- PhD in Counseling Psychology from the University of Iowa
- Two years of supervised clinical experience at the Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center in Milwaukee
- Specialized training in post-traumatic stress and chronic/terminal health concerns, including cancer and chronic pain
- Targeted experience and training for providing care to first responders
Start the process to improve your well-being!