- Practical coping skills
- Teens and adults
- Assessment-driven care
About Michele
Dr. Michele Kelly helps people who are facing life changes, stress, anxiety, grief, and parenting challenges. She is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) practicing in Louisiana and works primarily with teens and adults as they navigate transitions. Her approach is practical and focused on building coping skills that fit everyday life.
She has 15 years of experience listed here and draws on many years of prior practice in social work settings. She uses a mix of methods rather than a single model, and she begins by assessing each person’s situation to decide what will be most useful.
In sessions she aims to teach problem-solving tools and coping strategies. That might include learning ways to manage anxiety, handle relationship tensions, or adjust to major changes such as job loss, relocation, or family shifts. She also addresses concerns like depression, ADHD, bipolar symptoms, eating issues, and caregiving stress.
Her work includes attention to family of origin issues, blended family concerns, adoption and foster care topics, immigration-related adjustment, and the aftermath of trauma and abuse. She mentions helping with communication problems, guilt and shame, isolation, and forgiveness work when these come up.
Dr. Kelly adapts her methods to each person’s goals. She invites questions and prefers a collaborative pace so people can build skills that last beyond therapy.
How certain approaches translate to online work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take small steps toward those values while learning to sit with difficult thoughts. It can be useful for anxiety, life transitions, and depression. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with practical experiments and behavioral changes to reduce symptoms and improve daily functioning.Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist begins with an assessment and then works together with each person to decide which methods to try. That collaborative process makes it easier to adjust techniques if something isn’t working or to combine approaches when helpful.
The profile does not list specific online session formats, so confirm current session options before booking. Online appointments can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, shorten check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. They also allow continuity when life events or moves make in-person visits difficult. Licensed professionals can adapt ACT and CBT techniques for remote sessions, using exercises, homework, and real-time problem solving to keep progress moving forward.
Areas of focus
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help address?
She works with stress, anxiety, grief, parenting issues, self esteem, and coping with life changes, among other concerns listed in her profile.
What is her general therapy style?
She uses a flexible, mixed approach and tailors methods to each person after an initial assessment. Sessions focus on skills, problem solving, and practical steps.
What background and experience does she bring?
She has 15 years of experience noted in this profile and many additional years working as a social worker in different settings with children, teens, and adults.
What credentials and region are listed?
The profile lists LCSW credentials and Louisiana as the therapist's location.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and the profile indicates that international clients are accepted.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not specify session formats here, so confirm current session options before booking.
How is cost handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
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