About Kathleen
Kathleen "Kathy" Kelly is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 38 years of practice in community behavioral health and educational settings. She draws on long experience to help people manage anxiety, depression, trauma, and the stress of parenting and caregiving. Kathy focuses on practical steps that people can use right away.
Kathy adapts her approach to fit each person's situation and preferences. She helps set clear goals for sessions and uses straightforward tools to reach them.
How Kathleen works
Her style is warm and nonjudgmental, and she emphasizes respectful, steady support. In sessions she often uses cognitive behavioral techniques to change unhelpful thinking and behavior. She also teaches mindfulness strategies to reduce stress and increase focus.
Motivational interviewing and solution-focused methods help people find their own motivation and identify small next steps. She has worked with people facing grief, relationship strain, body image concerns, obsessive thoughts, panic, sleep problems, and mood disorders such as bipolar and depression. Kathy also assists those dealing with eating and food-related issues, social anxiety, and compassion fatigue among caregivers.
Kathy practices in Connecticut and offers sessions in English. She aims to make therapy manageable and useful, breaking challenges into doable tasks. People who want a practical, empathetic approach often find her style a good fit.
Kathleen lists 5 ways of working on the entry:
What Kathleen works with
The areas below are the ones Kathleen selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Grief
- Impulsivity
- LGBT
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 38 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Connecticut |
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Online support options
Approaches that translate well to online care
CBT helps people identify and change patterns of thinking and behavior that contribute to anxiety, depression, and panic. Online sessions can use worksheets, thought records, and behavioral experiments adapted to video or messaging. Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce stress and improve sleep and focus; these skills are easy to practice between sessions and to coach over video or text. Motivational interviewing focuses on identifying personal reasons for change and building motivation; it works well in short check-ins by phone or messaging when someone needs help staying on track.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals and preferences, then suggest methods to try. This is a collaborative process and adjustments are made as progress is reviewed.
Online formats offer practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction for skills practice and deeper conversation. Phone sessions can be a simpler option when bandwidth is limited or a camera is not wanted. Live chat and text-based messaging support brief check-ins, homework support, and ongoing encouragement between longer sessions.
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