Dr. Michele Kelly

Dr. Michele Kelly is an LCSW (Licensed Clinical Social Worker) practicing in Louisiana with 15 years of experience. She focuses on life purpose concerns alongside stress, anxiety, grief, parenting, self-esteem, and coping with life changes. Her work also addresses relationship and family difficulties, trauma and abuse, eating concerns, career questions, bipolar and depression, ADHD, and coaching for direction and next steps.

She commonly helps teens and adults who are facing transitions such as starting college, changing jobs, moving, marriage, parenting a new baby, separation, retirement, or immigration. Michele describes transitions as moments that can bring stress or raise questions about meaning and direction. She begins with an assessment to understand what feels most pressing for each person.

Her approach draws on several methods including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Mindfulness, and client-centered techniques. Michele says she selects methods based on the assessment and the client’s goals. Sessions focus on building practical coping skills and problem-solving strategies that can be used after therapy ends.

Michele also lists additional focuses such as adoption and foster care concerns, aging and geriatric issues, blended family issues, caregiver stress, communication problems, control issues, disaster-related stress, divorce, domestic violence, family of origin problems, forgiveness, guilt and shame, immigration issues, and loneliness. She offers a straightforward style that aims to clarify options and strengthen everyday coping.

To begin, she asks people to complete a brief matching questionnaire and schedule a first session. Her fees vary by location and use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How Michele’s approaches translate to online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying values and taking small committed steps toward them while learning to accept difficult thoughts and feelings. It can help when someone is unsure what matters next or is avoiding change. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions and uses practical exercises to shift unhelpful patterns that feed anxiety or low mood. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) teaches concrete skills for managing intense emotions, improving relationships, and tolerating distress.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. Michele uses the initial assessment to discuss goals and preferences and then recommends methods together with each person. That collaborative decision helps shape session focus and homework between meetings.

The original biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm current options before booking. In general, online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when schedules demand, and reduce travel time so therapy fits around school or work. Michele’s methods lend themselves to practical tools and at-home exercises that can be reviewed during remote sessions, helping people practice coping skills between meetings.