About Kelly
Kelly Fitzgerald is a Licensed Professional Counselor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar challenges, addiction, and life changes. She also supports those dealing with grief, relationship and family strain, low self-esteem, career uncertainty, ADHD, and questions of life purpose. Kelly has worked in the field for 20 years and brings a calm, steady style to sessions.
Her practice focuses on listening closely and helping people get unstuck. She uses Client-Centered and Mindfulness approaches alongside practical tools like meditation, relaxation, and journaling.
Background and approach
Sessions aim to identify small, manageable steps that fit into daily life. Kelly describes therapy as a collaborative process. She believes healing comes from within and that the therapist and client work together toward clear goals.
That partnership can include exploring 12-step resources, movement, and energy-focused practices when they feel helpful. Her background includes long-term experience across varied concerns, and she draws on cognitive techniques as needed. In conversation she keeps language straightforward and concrete, focusing on what a person can try between sessions.
Clients will find a blend of listening, mindfulness exercises, and goal-oriented planning. Kelly holds LPC and LCPC credentials and offers services from Illinois. Sessions can be scheduled in formats that fit different needs, and she welcomes people who prefer working with an experienced counselor to address codependency, life purpose, coaching, and trauma recovery.
How Kelly’s Approaches Work Online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and building understanding. The therapist follows the client's concerns, reflects what is said, and helps people set their own goals. This approach is useful for stress, low self-esteem, relationship strain, and feeling stuck.Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple practices to bring attention to the present moment. Techniques include guided breathing, short meditations, and body-awareness exercises that can reduce anxiety and improve emotional regulation. These tools are practical for coping with grief, trauma reactions, and everyday worry.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Kelly collaborates with each person to identify which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. Together they try exercises, review what helps, and adjust the plan over time so it feels useful and doable.
Online therapy makes these approaches flexible and accessible. Video calls allow full conversation and guided mindfulness practice. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging support quick check-ins, short coaching, or journaling prompts between sessions. These options help people fit counseling into busy days and maintain progress without extra travel.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Life purpose
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Missouri, Illinois
- Languages
- English