About Kellie
Kellie Kiernan is an Ohio-based licensed professional clinical counselor (LPCC) with 15 years of experience. She offers focused support for adults navigating stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, depression, and relationship or intimacy-related concerns. Kellie aims to create a calm space where clients can speak plainly about what’s hard and begin practical steps toward feeling steadier.
Kellie uses a mix of approaches to match each person’s needs. She draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to address thoughts and behaviors.
How Kellie works
She also uses Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Emotionally-Focused Therapy ideas for emotional regulation and connection, and she brings existential perspectives when people want to examine meaning and values. Her work covers a range of specific struggles, including abandonment fears, attachment issues, codependency, commitment worries, communication and control problems, shame, guilt, isolation, and hospice or end-of-life concerns.
She also helps with anger management, self-esteem, and coping with life changes. Kellie is clear about limits and will discuss whether a concern fits her scope before ongoing work begins. Sessions are offered in English and are provided to people who live in Ohio because of licensure requirements.
Counseling is delivered through scheduled messaging, phone, video, or text formats as arranged, and she describes how she responds to contacts and scheduling expectations. The first meeting is an initial consultation to identify concerns and decide if the match feels right. Kellie encourages straightforward conversation and practical steps.
She aims to help clients notice patterns, try small changes, and build skills that make daily life more manageable.
Kellie lists 12 ways of working on the entry:
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
What Kellie works with
The areas below are the ones Kellie selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPCC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 15 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Ohio |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches adapted for online work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying personal values and taking small actions that align with what matters. It helps people who feel stuck by teaching practical skills to notice thoughts without getting overwhelmed and to act toward meaningful goals.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. It uses short, structured exercises to test unhelpful thinking and to build new habits that reduce anxiety and low mood.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) emphasizes emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness. It offers concrete tools for managing intense feelings and improving communication in strained relationships.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose or combine methods based on their goals, symptoms, and preferences, adjusting strategies as progress unfolds.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for fuller conversation and visual cues, phone works well when bandwidth is limited, and messaging or text can fit brief check-ins or days when typing feels easier. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep momentum between meetings.
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