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Kick Start Your Life
with Dr. Keely!
"Helping Humanity Hold Onto Hope Until Healing Happens."
A comprehensive blueprint for taking control of your trauma and mental well-being, with specialized support for communities of faith. This unique and innovate bridge of often estranged worlds of spiritual wellness and clinical mental health care coming together creating self healing communities for all believing:
"If you want to make an impact, don't stop doing what God wants you to do...when you persevere in what God called you to do, you make an impact for generations."
Faith • Family • Flourish
Dedicated to Your Mental Well-Being Journey
Kick Start Your Life™ with Dr. Keely provides trustworthy training and resources to combat the stigma surrounding mental illness, with specialized focus on supporting Church leadership, congregants, and YOU in your healing journey.
Meet Dr. Keely
A Passionate Leader in Faith, Mental Health, and Healing
Dr. Keely shares her life and work with her husband, Lead Pastor Lee Petty, at Bethel International Christian Fellowship, two adult sons Jirah and Jonathan, and two grands Norah and Peace. She's a well-being trauma and mental health trailblazing pathbreaking professional, and so much more........
Certified Mental Health First Aid Instructor
Certified Mental Health Peer Specialist
Spiritual First AID Instructor
Sancturary Mental Health Ministries Facilitator
Certified Cognitive and Dialectical Behavior Therapist
Certified Positive Intelligence Instructor
Certified Epigenetic Coach
Certified Temperament Therapist
Honored by Governor Greg Abbott
Serves as a City of San Antonio Commissioner and Chair
Serves on the board of the Center for Health Care Foundation Bexar County Goto Mental Health Authority
Research Co-Fellow Compassion San Antonio
San Antonio Business Journal Leadership Awards
San Antonio Women's Hall of Fame Inductee
San Antonio Global Chamber of Commerce
Harvard EMPOWER Behavioral Activation
ProSocial Spiritual Action Lab
Featured Book
Soul Care
A Biblical Approach
to Mental Health & Healing
Discover a transformative approach to mental health and healing through faith. This comprehensive guide bridges
the gap between biblical wisdom and modern psychological understanding, offering hope and practical tools for your journey.
"Your comfort Oh God, delights my soul"
— Psalm 94:19
Available in digital formats
Our Offerings
Comprehensive Mental Health Solutions
From strategy support sessions to specialized coaching techniques, we provide mental health resources tailored to your unique journey.
Mental Wellness Strategy Sessions
Designed to solve problems, inspire ideas, and set goals across various aspects of mental health.
Mental Health Education Training
Focus on emotional, psychological, and social well-being support.
Mental Health & Menopause
Mental Health and Menopause helps women recognize the psychological symptoms of menopause, understand the barriers to diagnosis, and take a holistic approach to management.
Mental Health & Financial Literacy
Building Financial Wellness conveys valuable knowledge and skills that people need to better manage their personal finances. This coaching helps people to develope money management skills that promote their overall recovery, well-being, and health. It guides individuals in recognizing what triggers spending, how using credit leads to debt, and ways to cope with challenging feelings about money.
Mental Health Spiritual First AID
Spiritual First Aid is a form of early intervention designed to provide immediate support to individuals experiencing spiritual or emotional distress in the wake of crises, disasters, or trauma. This training equips church leaders, congregants, chaplains, emergency responders, mental health professionals, and community volunteers with the skills to offer compassionate and stabilizing care that respects a person's beliefs, culture, and values without imposing any specific religious framework.
Our Caring Collaborators
Working With the Best Colloborators
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