About Anna
Anna Lehew Kelley offers a calm, straightforward place to start when life feels overwhelming. She greets new clients without judgment and focuses on practical steps to reduce stress and rebuild routine. Anna is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 12 years of experience and brings steady guidance to people facing big transitions.
She uses clear, collaborative conversations to get at the root of problems. Sessions often include looking at thinking patterns and practicing skills to manage strong emotions.
How Anna works
Anna combines approaches like cognitive behavioral techniques and attachment-based ideas to help people change unhelpful habits. Her background includes a Master of Social Work from the University of Pittsburgh. The MSW prepared her for clinical work, and she holds an LCSW credential in West Virginia and Ohio.
That training supports assessment, treatment planning, and evidence-informed care. Anna frequently addresses concerns such as anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, addiction, grief, parenting strain, and relationship conflict. She also focuses on issues tied to separation and divorce, first responder and veteran matters, and life purpose questions.
Sessions aim to give clear tools for coping, communication, and managing day-to-day stress. People can expect a mix of talking, skill practice, and goal-focused planning. Anna works with each person to tailor strategies that fit their life and concerns.
The emphasis is on usable changes that help between sessions.
Anna lists 10 ways of working on the entry:
What Anna works with
The areas below are the ones Anna selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Infidelity
- Life purpose
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 12 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | West Virginia |
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Online support options
How therapeutic approaches work online
Attachment-based work focuses on how relationships shape feelings and reactions; online sessions use conversation to notice patterns and practice new ways of connecting. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and replace them with more balanced thinking while practicing behavioral experiments between sessions. EMDR is a trauma-focused approach that uses guided processing to reduce distress related to upsetting memories and can be adapted for video or phone sessions when appropriate.Deciding which approach to use is part of the collaborative process. The therapist will talk through the options, consider your goals and preferences, and then recommend or combine approaches that seem most practical and helpful for your situation.
Online therapy offers flexibility that fits busy lives. Video calls let you see facial cues and work through exercises together. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging allow shorter check-ins, written reflections, and quick access between sessions. These formats make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, family, or other obligations.
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