About Kelly
Kelly Gulat is a Licensed Professional Counselor who brings 11 years of clinical experience to her work in Virginia. She meets people where they are and helps them take practical steps toward feeling better. Her style is direct and compassionate, and she aims to make the therapy process easy to understand.
Kelly focuses on everyday problems that weigh people down. She helps with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, trauma and abuse, and issues related to identity and self-esteem.
Background and approach
She also supports people facing relationship concerns, intimacy-related issues, parenting strain, sleep problems, and career stress. Her approach blends evidence-informed methods with a clear focus on each person's goals. She uses client-centered techniques to center the person's experience, cognitive behavioral strategies to identify unhelpful thinking patterns, and dialectical behavior skills for managing strong emotions.
Mindfulness and existential ideas are woven in when they fit the work. Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented. Kelly works to create an open space where people can talk honestly about their thoughts and feelings.
She helps clients set small, achievable steps and practices they can use between sessions. People seeking help for complex or overlapping concerns such as chronic illness, caregiver stress, body image, codependency, ADHD, or adjustment to life changes will find a practical focus in sessions. Kelly aims to partner with each person to explore options and build coping skills that match their life.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Kelly blends client-centered work with cognitive behavioral techniques to help people understand what matters to them and change unhelpful thinking patterns. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening closely and shaping goals around the person's values and lived experience. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at thoughts and behaviors and teaches practical strategies to reduce anxiety, depression, and stress.She also uses Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills when strong emotions are a barrier to daily functioning. DBT teaches concrete skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and better communication, which can be useful for intense mood swings or high-reactivity situations.
Finding the right mix of approaches is collaborative. Kelly will discuss goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't helped in the past, then tailor methods to fit the person's needs. The work evolves as progress is made and priorities change.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls let people have a face-to-face conversation. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for quick updates, ongoing coaching, or when writing feels like an easier way to express thoughts. These options make it possible to fit therapy into a busy life and continue work between sessions.
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What this counselor works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- Virginia
- Languages
- English