About Kelley
Kelley Turner uses a client-centered approach to guide people through hard moments. She combines person-focused listening with practical tools to help with stress, anxiety, relationships, and low self-esteem. Kelley lists her credential as LPCC, which indicates Ohio licensure.
She writes simply and focuses on clear steps rather than jargon. With 20 years of experience, Kelley has worked in both inpatient and outpatient settings. That background gives her experience with a wide range of mental health concerns, from depression and grief to anger and compassion fatigue.
Background and approach
She also supports people facing life transitions like divorce, adoption and foster care issues, caregiving stress, and retirement or aging concerns. Kelley uses a blend of methods chosen to fit each person.
She draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice what matters most, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, and Emotionally-Focused and Client-Centered techniques to strengthen emotional understanding. Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills are also available for managing intense emotions. In sessions she aims to build an open, nonjudgmental space where people can share thoughts and feelings.
She helps clients set small, realistic steps toward change and teaches coping strategies they can use between meetings. Kelley also recognizes safety limits for online work and discusses those boundaries clearly with clients. Those looking for practical guidance and steady support will find focused, experience-based care.
Kelley works in Ohio and conducts sessions in English.
How Kelley’s Approaches Work Online
Kelley commonly uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in her online practice. ACT helps people clarify values and take action toward what matters, even with difficult thoughts present. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and practicing different behaviors to reduce anxiety and low mood.She also brings a client-centered stance to online sessions, emphasizing listening and emotional validation. Kelley will work collaboratively to decide which approach or combination fits best based on a person’s needs, goals, and preferences. That choice is revisited as therapy progresses so methods can shift if something isn’t working.
Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video is useful for deeper conversations and skill practice, phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat offers quick check-ins, and text messaging supports brief ongoing contact between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep consistent with regular meetings.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Ohio
- Languages
- English