About Kelly
Kelly Owens is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor who focuses on practical, person-centered work. She offers calm, straightforward support for people facing anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship strains, and life changes. Kelly speaks plainly and aims to make therapy feel doable for a busy parent or someone juggling many demands.
She draws on client-centered therapy to keep sessions grounded in what matters to the individual. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is used to identify unhelpful thinking and try small, concrete behavior changes.
Background and approach
EMDR is also part of her practice for people processing traumatic memories and related symptoms. With nine years in the mental health field, Kelly has helped people navigate grief, parenting stress, career shifts, and issues like codependency or body image concerns.
Her background includes work across multiple clinical settings and long experience with virtual sessions, so she is familiar with different kinds of life circumstances. Sessions are collaborative. Kelly listens first, then helps set clear goals and practical steps to reach them.
She balances empathy with actionable tools so people leave with things they can try between meetings. Her approach suits people who want compassionate listening and concrete strategies. Kelly works from New York and conducts therapy in English.
She aims to make starting therapy straightforward and manageable for someone taking the first step.
Therapeutic approaches adapted for online work
Kelly combines client-centered therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to make online sessions feel practical and goal driven. Client-centered work focuses on listening and reflecting so people feel heard and can name what matters most. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy breaks down unhelpful thoughts and tests small behavior changes to reduce anxiety and improve daily functioning. EMDR is also offered as a way to process traumatic memories when that fits a person's needs; it involves targeted attention and guided processing to address distress tied to past events.Finding the right approach is part of the process. Kelly will work together with each person to choose methods that match their goals, pace, and comfort level. She tailors sessions over time, checking in about what helps and adjusting strategies when needed so the work stays relevant and manageable.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions are useful for deeper conversations and visual cues, phone calls can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, live chat can fit short check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These formats make it easier to fit therapy around work, childcare, or other responsibilities while keeping the focus on progress and practical tools.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English