She uses humor when it fits and focuses on small changes that add up over time. Her training and work history include college counseling, care with older adults and families, and roles in inpatient, residential, and outpatient treatment settings. That range of settings shaped her comfort with crises, eating and substance use concerns, and complicated family dynamics.

In session she mixes several evidence-based methods to match each person. The approach is client-centered, which means the plan grows from the person’s goals and personality. She also draws on cognitive behavioral methods to challenge unhelpful thinking and on acceptance-based strategies to help people live with difficult emotions.

Kelly also addresses attachment-related struggles and relationship patterns that show up across friendships and partnerships. She helps people work through grieving, parenting challenges, career stress, burnout, and identity concerns. She supports exploration around adoption and foster care, body image, codependency, and fertility-related stress.

Outside of work she enjoys hiking, cooking, reading, and spending time with family and her pets. Those interests inform a down-to-earth style that many people find easy to connect with.