About Kelly
Kelly Harper is a licensed clinical social worker in Louisiana with 22 years of experience. She focuses on practical help for people coping with stress, anxiety, anger, depression, and ADHD. Kelly approaches work in a straightforward, respectful way and centers the person's goals in each session.
Kelly believes people bring knowledge and strengths to therapy. She talks with clients about what matters most and helps them use existing skills more effectively.
Background and approach
Sessions are grounded in clear steps and short-term goals rather than long explanations. She uses cognitive behavioral ideas to notice patterns that keep problems going and to try small changes that make daily life easier. She also uses solution-focused techniques to zero in on what is working and to build on those successes.
Those approaches are used together to keep work practical and relevant to real life. Kelly has worked across many settings during her career, which gives her a wide view of common stressors and coping needs. That background helps when concerns include parenting, workplace pressure, grief, trauma, caregiver strain, or the challenges that come with life transitions.
Clients can expect calm, direct guidance and tools they can use between sessions. Kelly aims to help people feel more able to handle everyday demands and to notice progress one step at a time.
Online approaches that focus on what helps now
Kelly uses cognitive behavioral ideas to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and patterns, and to test small behavioral changes that can reduce anxiety, lift mood, or improve daily routines. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks problems into practical steps and teaches tools to use between sessions.She also uses solution-focused methods that look for exceptions and strengths. Solution-Focused Therapy asks what is already working, then builds simple, achievable goals to increase those moments of success. That approach is useful for people who want concrete plans and quick, measurable changes.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what has helped in the past, then try approaches that fit those needs. Adjustments are made over time so the work stays relevant and helpful.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video is useful for a face-to-face feel, phone can be simpler when bandwidth is low, live chat or text support shorter check-ins or when writing helps organize thoughts. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and changing routines.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
Also listed
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intellectual disability
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 22 years
- Licensed
- Louisiana
- Languages
- English
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