About Kent
Kent Kelley is a licensed professional counselor with many years in practice. He holds LPC and LCPC credentials and works from Colorado. Kent focuses on practical help for people weighed down by stress, anxiety, and life changes.
He keeps sessions straightforward and centered on what matters to each person. He listens without judging and helps clients set small, achievable steps. Discussions often include building routines, managing anxious thoughts, and planning for change.
Background and approach
Kent uses methods drawn from several approaches to match a person’s needs. He draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to spot unhelpful thinking patterns. He uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people clarify values and take action.
Sessions can also use skills from Dialectical Behavior Therapy and attachment-focused ideas when relationship patterns or strong emotions are involved. The work often combines talking with practical exercises to practice between sessions. He also offers coaching-style support for career or parenting stress, addiction concerns, and adjustment after loss or trauma.
Kent aims to help people feel more capable and less overwhelmed as they move forward. People who choose him typically want focused, down-to-earth guidance. He helps clients set goals, try new strategies, and review progress so changes feel manageable over time.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people name what matters and take small steps toward those values despite difficult thoughts or feelings. It is useful when someone feels stuck or uncertain about next steps. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and trying practical experiments to change behavior. It often helps with anxiety, low mood, and managing everyday stressors.Kent treats finding the right approach as a collaborative process. He will talk with each person about goals, try one method, and adjust based on what helps. The client and therapist decide together which strategies to keep and which to change as progress is reviewed.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet and work between sessions. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and guided exercises. Phone sessions can fit into a busy day or require less bandwidth. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for brief check-ins, quick coaching, or keeping momentum between appointments. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent while balancing work, family, and other commitments.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Coping with life changes
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 24 years
- Licensed
- Colorado, Montana, Washington
- Languages
- English
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