About Kelli
Kelli Smith offers practical, skills-based therapy rooted in cognitive behavioral and mindfulness approaches. She is an LPC - Licensed Professional Counselor - practicing in Louisiana. Kelli focuses on clear goals and steps so parents and individuals can make steady change.
Kelli brings ten years of professional experience to her work. She helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, mood concerns, and trauma. She also supports those navigating parenting challenges, relationship conflict, ADHD, and major life transitions.
How Kelli works
Sessions are straightforward and goal oriented. Kelli uses cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thoughts and build new coping skills. She adds mindfulness strategies to reduce reactivity and increase calm during stressful moments.
She often uses solution-focused work to set small, achievable steps between sessions. For people with traumatic histories, trauma-focused approaches guide safe processing and stabilization before deeper work begins. Kelli adapts pace and tools to match each person’s needs.
Kelli places emphasis on communication skills, boundaries, and practical parenting strategies when those are helpful. She also addresses attachment and commitment issues, impulsivity, and mood symptoms with concrete techniques. Her aim is to leave people with tools they can use the next day.
Writing and resource building are part of her background, and she integrates practical worksheets and short exercises into sessions. The tone is warm and respectful, and the focus stays on real-world progress rather than labels.
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What Kelli works with
The areas below are the ones Kelli selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Depression
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Impulsivity
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 10 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Louisiana |
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Online support options
Using CBT, Mindfulness, and Solution-Focused Work Online
Clients can expect cognitive behavioral therapy to focus on identifying unhelpful thoughts and building practical coping skills they can use day to day. CBT helps people manage anxiety, low mood, and impulsive reactions by changing thinking patterns and behaviors.Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and increase calm. These techniques pair well with other work to help people notice triggers and choose different responses. Solution-focused therapy narrows the work to small, achievable steps and quick strategies to move toward concrete goals, which can be useful for time-limited concerns like parenting challenges or coping with life changes.
Choosing the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will listen to your goals and try methods that match your needs and preferences, adjusting as progress is made. Clients and the therapist decide together which tools are most helpful.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video is useful when visual connection helps learning new skills, phone works well for check-ins or when bandwidth is limited, live chat and messaging suit brief check-ins or people who prefer writing. These options make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week and to continue work between appointments.
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