- Years in practice
- 22
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Louisiana
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Parenting issues
- Focus
- Anger management
About Kelly
Kelly Harper is a licensed clinical social worker in Louisiana with 22 years of experience. She focuses on practical help for everyday struggles like stress, anxiety, anger, and depression. Parents who feel overwhelmed will find straightforward guidance and a calm listening presence.
Kelly believes people bring strengths that help them change and heal. She uses clear, goal-oriented methods to tackle problems. Sessions often break big issues into small steps people can try between meetings.
Background and approach
Kelly pays attention to how daily routines, relationships, and work affect mood and behavior. She supports people working through grief, trauma, compassion fatigue, and life transitions. Kelly also helps with parenting concerns and related pressures.
She offers tools for communication, managing overwhelm, and coping when expectations feel heavy. Her background includes work with neurodiversity, caregiver stress, blended family dynamics, and fatherhood issues. Her style is collaborative and down-to-earth.
Clients help set goals and pick strategies that fit their life. Kelly mixes practical problem solving with space to talk about feelings and meaning. People who choose her can expect concrete steps, short-term skill building, and attention to long-term patterns.
She draws on evidence-based ideas without jargon. The work is paced to each person’s needs and focuses on what changes are realistic and helpful.
What Kelly works with
Everything Kelly lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Kelly helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Depression
- ADHD
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Divorce and separation
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Intellectual disability
- Self-love
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Kelly lists
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How Kelly’s Approaches Work Online
Kelly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which focuses on how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect. In CBT clients learn simple tools to test unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors, which can help with anxiety, depression, and stress.She also uses Solution-Focused Therapy, which concentrates on strengths and practical steps. This approach looks for what is already working and builds quick, manageable changes to reach goals like improved parenting routines or better mood regulation.
Choosing the right approach is a team effort. Kelly will talk with each person about needs, goals, and preferences and adapt methods over time. That way the work stays relevant and useful rather than rigid.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls are good for face-to-face conversation and teaching skills, phone sessions work well when bandwidth or hands-free time matters, live chat suits quick check-ins, and messaging can keep progress moving between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy days and different schedules.
Questions people ask about Kelly
What concerns does Kelly help with?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, anger, depression, parenting concerns, ADHD, grief, trauma and related issues such as compassion fatigue and self-esteem.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her approach is collaborative and practical, breaking problems into small steps and teaching skills people can use between sessions.
How much experience does she have?
She has 22 years of professional experience working in clinical social work settings.
What credentials and region are listed?
She holds an LCSW credential and practices in Louisiana.
Which languages are supported and are international clients accepted?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
Kelly offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different needs.
How does cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to the therapist's availability.
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