About Kelly
Kelly Gadbury is a licensed professional counselor in Texas with ten years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar symptoms, grief, and major life changes. She speaks plainly and listens closely to understand what matters most to each person. Kelly focuses on practical steps you can try between sessions so progress feels real and reachable.
Kelly centers sessions on each person's goals and strengths. She builds a plan together with the client and adjusts it as needs change.
Background and approach
Conversations are tailored to the individual's pace, whether that means brief problem-solving or deeper emotional work. Her approach draws on several evidence-based tools. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps with unhelpful thinking patterns and small behavior changes.
Mindfulness practices teach simple ways to manage intense feelings in the moment. Solution-Focused techniques help identify immediate, manageable steps toward change. Kelly also brings motivational interviewing into conversations when people feel stuck or uncertain about change.
That method helps clarify values and boost the confidence to try new things. She pays attention to how family background, attachment patterns, and past losses shape the present. Clients can expect straightforward language, steady support, and practical homework when appropriate.
Kelly aims to create a respectful and compassionate space where people can talk through hard things and work toward a more satisfying life.
How therapy approaches work online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and building understanding. It involves open conversation where the therapist reflects what the person says and helps them clarify their goals and values, which suits concerns like grief, emptiness, and life transitions.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, breaks larger problems into smaller thoughts and actions. It teaches simple skills to test unhelpful thoughts and try small behavior changes that can reduce anxiety and depression symptoms.
Mindfulness Therapy offers practical attention and breathing exercises to reduce overwhelm in the moment. These tools are often used alongside other approaches to manage intense feelings and chronic stress.
Finding the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will ask about your goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked before, then suggest a starting plan. That plan can change as you try different strategies together so it fits your life and needs.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy flexible. Video is useful for deeper conversation and nonverbal cues, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, chat works for quick check-ins, and messaging supports short updates between sessions. These options help people fit therapy into busy lives and different routines.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Bipolar disorder
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Paranoia
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English