Kelli Smith

Kelli Smith is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Louisiana. She combines practical, evidence-informed techniques with a warm, supportive manner. Kelli aims to help people who are coping with stress, anxiety, relationship strain, depression, and life changes. She also supports people facing parenting challenges, trauma and abuse, ADHD, and divorce and separation concerns.

With ten years of professional experience, Kelli has provided counseling to children, adolescents, and adults across a variety of settings. She has worked with many families on mental health and socio-economic concerns and has authored books on topics such as anxiety, communication, boundaries, and organization. Her background includes ongoing work in trauma-focused approaches and a broad clinical mix that she adapts to each person.

Kelli’s style is warm and respectful. She focuses on building a practical plan with clear steps and goals. Sessions use techniques drawn from cognitive behavioral therapy, mindfulness, solution-focused therapy, and trauma-focused methods, chosen to match each person’s needs.

She offers short-term problem solving and longer-term therapy depending on what someone needs. In sessions she prioritizes plain language, real skills, and steady collaboration so people can try strategies between meetings. Kelli pays attention to cultural identity and life context when shaping treatment.

If someone wants to address mood problems, parenting struggles, communication issues, or recovery after trauma, Kelli works to make the process manageable and goal-directed. Prospective clients are encouraged to use the site’s Start Therapy flow to begin the matching process.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online work

CBT focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing them with practical experiments and behavior changes. It is useful for anxiety, mood problems, and managing stress through clear, teachable steps.

Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and increase awareness. It can help with anxiety, mood regulation, and impulsive responses by training calmer, steadier habits.

Finding the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences and then try techniques that fit those needs. Plans are adjusted as progress unfolds so sessions stay useful and focused on what matters most.

Confirm current session options before booking so you know how meetings will be held. Online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments into a workday, cut transit time, or offer a shorter check-in when schedules are tight. It also lets people practice skills in their everyday context and follow up between sessions with agreed next steps.