About Brian
Brian Kelley is a licensed clinician who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and relationship challenges. He supports people with grief, addiction concerns, intimacy issues, parenting strain, and career questions. He also works with clients coping with bipolar mood shifts, compassion fatigue, and life changes.
His style is direct and collaborative. Sessions focus on finding practical next steps. He listens for what feels stuck, then helps people spot patterns that keep problems going.
Background and approach
He offers straightforward tools to try between meetings. Brian uses several well-known approaches. He draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice difficult thoughts without getting ruled by them.
He uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to map how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. Client-Centered Therapy guides a respectful, person-led pace. Brian holds an IL LCPC credential and has three years of documented experience.
He practices in Illinois and conducts sessions in English. He welcomes people from diverse backgrounds and identities, including varied gender expression and sexual orientation. Sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging.
The service uses a subscription that can be canceled at any time and pricing varies with location and therapist availability. To begin, a person completes a short matching questionnaire and schedules a session according to availability.
Therapeutic approaches that work well online
Brian often uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without being controlled by them; this approach supports facing painful emotions while moving toward meaningful goals. He also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and to practice small experiments that change unhelpful patterns. Client-Centered Therapy guides the pace and tone of sessions by keeping the person's priorities central.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they shape a plan that mixes techniques to match the client's needs and values, and they adjust that plan as progress is made.
Online formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls let people see facial cues and stay connected across distance. Phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited or for a quieter check-in. Live chat and text-based messaging suit brief reflections, coaching-style check-ins, or times when typing feels easier than talking. These options create flexibility for scheduling and for choosing how to engage with therapy.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English