About Kelly
Kelly Sheets is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) based in Tennessee with eight years of clinical experience. She takes a conversational, down-to-earth approach and focuses on helping people manage anxiety, depression, addictions, trauma, and stress. Sessions aim to make difficult problems easier to talk about and to build practical ways to cope.
Her background includes work in residential alcohol and drug programs where co-occurring issues were common. That experience shaped how she supports people facing substance use and related mental health concerns.
Background and approach
She has also been involved in research on post-traumatic stress, particularly combat-related trauma. Kelly combines several therapeutic styles to fit a person’s needs. She often uses existential ideas to help people clarify values and find meaning.
She also draws from cognitive behavioral strategies to address unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and acceptance-based practices to manage painful feelings. In sessions she listens for patterns rooted in relationships, attachment, and social influences. From there she helps people identify small, doable changes - for example new ways to manage intense emotions, set boundaries, or reduce compulsive behaviors.
The focus is on practical skills and clearer choices. She works with a wide range of concerns including bipolar symptoms, eating issues, anger, self-esteem struggles, compassion fatigue, and relationship problems. Kelly aims to make therapy a steady place to sort through fears, test new responses, and build better daily routines.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Kelly commonly combines Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Client-Centered Therapy in online work. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings without being controlled by them, and supports choosing actions that match personal values. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening closely, reflecting what matters to the person, and creating a nonjudgmental space to talk through difficult decisions.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online therapy here includes video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video mirrors an in-person session for deeper conversation. Phone can work well when bandwidth is limited or for a quicker check-in. Live chat and text messaging offer ongoing access between sessions for brief updates, exercises, or support. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, school, or caregiving schedules while keeping care consistent and focused.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Bipolar disorder
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Stress, Anxiety
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Tennessee, Michigan
- Languages
- English