About Kelly
Kelly Owens is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) based in New York with nine years of experience in the mental health field. She focuses on practical, person-centered care for people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, grief, or relationship and family challenges.
Kelly aims to create a calm, respectful space where clients can talk through worries and set clear goals for change. Kelly blends client-centered methods with cognitive behavioral techniques to help people spot unhelpful thinking and try different behaviors.
Background and approach
She also uses eye movement desensitization and reprocessing when trauma memories interfere with day-to-day life. Her style is collaborative and straightforward - she listens first, then offers small, concrete steps to try between sessions. She has worked across multiple mental health settings and is experienced in online therapy formats like video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging.
That variety helps her match how people prefer to connect. Kelly works with concerns ranging from parenting and caregiver stress to issues such as abandonment, body image, codependency, and sexual or relationship infidelity. Sessions usually begin by outlining goals together and choosing approaches that fit each person’s needs.
Kelly helps clients practice new skills during sessions and supports applying them in daily life. Her aim is steady progress rather than quick fixes, and she adjusts the pace based on what a client can manage. People who want a supportive, practical therapist in New York may find her approach useful.
Kelly speaks English and does not offer services to international clients.
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
Kelly uses client-centered therapy to place the person's goals and experience at the center of sessions. That means active listening, reflecting what matters most, and shaping each session around the client’s priorities. This approach helps when someone needs emotional support and clearer direction for next steps.She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy, which breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions. CBT helps people notice unhelpful thinking patterns and practice different responses. It is often used for anxiety, stress, and mood challenges because it focuses on specific skills and short-term practice.
EMDR, or eye movement desensitization and reprocessing, is another tool she may offer for trauma that continues to cause distress. It focuses on easing the hold of painful memories so daily life is less disrupted. The therapist explains the process and uses it when it fits the client’s needs and readiness.
Choosing the right approach is a team effort. Kelly works with each person to decide which methods best match their goals, symptoms, and comfort level. She checks in regularly and adjusts the plan as progress is made.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, chat works for brief check-ins, and text messaging supports short updates or ongoing check-ins between appointments. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or busy schedules.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- 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
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