About Kelly
Kelly Stone is a licensed clinical social worker in North Carolina who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship or intimacy concerns. She brings a collaborative style and straightforward support when clients face life changes, addiction, grief, or career strain. Kelly emphasizes practical steps and the client’s own strengths during sessions.
Kelly works from a holistic stance that centers each person's story. She treats issues like bipolar symptoms, trauma and abuse, compassion fatigue, and family conflict by listening first and then helping clients set small, doable goals.
How Kelly works
Sessions focus on understanding patterns and building skills that fit everyday life. She integrates several approaches to match what each person needs. That might mean noticing unhelpful thoughts and testing alternatives, practicing emotional connection in relationships, or using mindfulness to ease intense feelings.
Motivational interviewing is used when making changes feels hard or when addiction is involved. Kelly is experienced with additional concerns such as attachment and abandonment, codependency, body image, BDSM and kink-related issues, and caregiving stress. She also supports people dealing with anger, shame, impulsivity, jealousy, or questions about life purpose.
Her work is direct but compassionate, helping clients try new ways of coping. With eight years of practice as an LCSW, Kelly balances practical skills with a warm, listening approach. She collaborates on goals, checks in about progress, and adjusts strategies as needed to help people move forward.
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.
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 8 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | North Carolina |
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Online support options
How Kelly’s Approach Fits Online Care
Client-Centered Therapy centers the person’s perspective and aims to make sessions feel collaborative. In practice this means the therapist listens closely, reflects what she hears, and helps people clarify goals and next steps. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and trying new behaviors to reduce anxiety or depression. It often includes short between-session practices to test what works. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people identify and name difficult feelings and then practice new ways of connecting in relationships or handling strong emotions.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Kelly will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and life demands, and together they decide which methods to try first. That collaborative process lets the plan shift as progress is made or new challenges appear.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video helps when visual cues and face time matter. Phone sessions can be easier if bandwidth is limited or if someone needs a shorter check-in. Live chat and messaging allow ongoing reflection between sessions or brief support during busy days. These options offer flexibility to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or travel schedules while keeping the focus on real change and practical skills.
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