About Kelly
Kelly James-Fraser is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Georgia with 10 years of clinical experience. She draws on a broad background helping people navigate depression, anxiety, trauma, and life transitions. Her practice focuses on practical, down-to-earth support that aims to make daily life more manageable.
Before moving into independent practice, she worked in a variety of settings including inpatient units and correctional services. That history includes supporting people with severe and chronic mental health needs and those recovering from physical or emotional abuse.
How Kelly works
These roles shaped her comfort with complex cases and safety-focused care. Her style is person-centered and solution focused. Sessions typically center on listening first, then building small, realistic steps to reach goals.
She adapts methods to match each person’s needs rather than using one fixed approach. Kelly uses techniques from cognitive behavioral work, dialectical behavior strategies, mindfulness, emotionally-focused approaches, and client-centered care. Those tools help with symptoms like panic, low mood, relationship distress, and problems with self-image or addictive behaviors.
People who seek her out are often looking for clear strategies and steady support during hard transitions. She aims to create a practical plan clients can use between sessions. The goal is better coping, clearer decision-making, and gradual improvements in daily functioning.
Kelly lists 8 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
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 10 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Georgia |
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Online support options
How Kelly’s Approaches Translate to Online Therapy
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and understanding a person’s experience. The therapist follows the client’s lead, offering empathy and reflection to help people clarify what matters and decide on next steps. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns; it is often used for anxiety, depression, and stress. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, emphasizes emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and improved interpersonal skills and can be helpful when strong emotions or impulsive behaviors get in the way of daily life.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Kelly will collaborate with each person to choose techniques that match their needs, goals, and preferences. That may mean using CBT exercises one week and mindfulness or DBT skills the next, depending on what helps most.
Online sessions can take place by video call, phone session, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls are useful for full conversations and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text messaging work well for quick support, homework checks, or when typing feels more comfortable. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and reach a licensed professional from different locations.
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