About Kelly
Kelly Morana-Piazza is a licensed counselor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, addictions, anger, low self-esteem, and depression. She speaks plainly and offers steady support for everyday problems. Her manner is direct and encouraging, aimed at helping someone take manageable steps forward.
She trained in clinical mental health counseling and also holds a master's in professional studies. Kelly practiced as a paralegal before changing careers, and she draws on that life experience when helping people sort practical concerns.
Background and approach
She has worked in counseling for 11 years and brings that background to each session. Kelly blends client-centered listening with practical techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy. Sessions often include identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and testing new behaviors between meetings.
Mindfulness practices and brief goal-focused work are used to build steady coping skills. People come to her for a range of issues including relationship stress, trauma and grief, parenting strain, career transitions, bipolar mood concerns, and attention-related challenges such as ADHD. She also addresses addictions, body image, codependency, and caregiving stress by focusing on concrete steps clients can try right away.
Her approach treats the person as the expert on their life while offering structure and tools to make change. New clients start with a short intake to set clear goals and choose approaches that fit their situation. Kelly works with clients in Florida and conducts sessions in English.
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Kelly uses client-centered therapy to begin most work, which means listening closely and building an approach around the person's priorities. This helps when someone needs a steady, nonjudgmental space to talk through stress, relationship concerns, or grief.She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy, which focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors. CBT is practical for anxiety, depression, anger, and some addiction-related patterns because it gives clear steps to try between sessions.
Choosing the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, try methods that fit those goals, and adjust plans as needed. Clients can expect a collaborative process that balances support with actionable steps.
Online therapy with Kelly is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is useful for deeper conversations and visual cues, phone works well when bandwidth is limited, live chat or text can be helpful for brief check-ins or when messaging fits a busy schedule. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or travel constraints while keeping focus on progress.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Anger management
Also works with
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- Florida, South Carolina
- Languages
- English