About Kelly
Kelly Fischer is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) based in Indiana with 26 years of experience. She offers a steady, person-focused approach for people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and addictions. Kelly aims to make sessions straightforward and supportive so a worried parent can read and understand what to expect.
Kelly draws on client-centered work to keep the conversation focused on each person's needs. She also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to help people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and habits.
How Kelly works
Mindfulness and solution-focused tools are woven into sessions to build coping skills and quick strategies for pressing problems. Her background includes individual and group counseling across outpatient and residential settings, as well as work in forensic contexts. That breadth of experience informs practical ways to handle parenting concerns, caregiving stress, mood disorders, and life changes.
She also has experience supporting people with autism, intellectual disability, and visual impairment. Sessions are collaborative. Kelly involves people in setting goals and choosing what to try between meetings.
She keeps language plain and explains the reasons behind each step so people know what they are working toward. She helps people with a wide range of issues including anger, self-esteem, eating concerns, career stress, fertility and aging-related matters. Kelly aims to give concrete tools and steady encouragement as clients work toward clearer routines and better coping.
Kelly lists 4 ways of working on the entry:
What Kelly works with
The areas below are the ones Kelly selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Fertility issues
- Intellectual disability
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Visually impaired
Training and background
| Register | LMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 26 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Indiana |
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Online support options
Approaches that guide online sessions
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and responding to each person's experience. The therapist aims to follow the client's lead, reflect concerns, and help clarify goals so sessions feel relevant and respectful. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) identifies unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and works to replace them with more useful patterns; it is often used for anxiety, depression, and changing daily habits. Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce stress and improve focus, which can help with mood and coping.Deciding which approach fits best is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and practical needs and then try strategies collaboratively. Adjustments are made as therapy progresses so the plan matches the person's changing needs.
Online sessions can use video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and comfort levels. Video works well for face-to-face conversation and visual cues, while phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit a break at work. Live chat or text-based messaging can support quick check-ins, brief problem-solving, or ongoing tracking between longer sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around life demands.
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A practical next step
Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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