Kelsey Hansen is a licensed clinical social worker for Stanford Health Care working in Palliative Medicine. With experience working in diverse settings and populations, she values uplifting patient voices, respecting the dignity of the individual and strives to be patient centered in all aspects of her work. She expands these values into a passion for educating and equipping others to grow their ability to align and care for patients. Her work is patient facing where she utilizes deep listening, therapeutic presence and her clinical social work skills to support patients and families in the hospital setting.