Kelly Peters , LCPC

Kelly Peters is a licensed therapist with more than 35 years of clinical experience working with individuals, couples, families, and groups. Holding an LCPC - a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor - she brings extensive expertise in addressing depression, grief and loss, anxiety, trauma and PTSD, addiction, codependency, relationship and family concerns, LGBT issues, and life transitions. Her background also includes career development, employee assistance services, crisis intervention, and critical incident debriefing. Postgraduate training features certificates in Internal Family Systems, PAIRS, PEERS, addictions, spiritual psychology, and breathwork.

Her approach is warm, respectful, and collaborative, focused on empowering people to grow, change, heal, and improve their lives. She integrates cognitive-behavioral strategies, acceptance and commitment techniques, humanistic client-centered principles, and family systems perspectives to shape a treatment plan that reflects each person’s unique needs. Kelly adapts dialogue and interventions to provide practical skills alongside deeper therapeutic exploration when appropriate.

Recognizing that taking the first step toward change takes courage, she supports clients through the early stages of therapy and works alongside them to pursue a more satisfying and balanced life.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Support

Kelly Peters draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help people clarify what matters to them, build psychological flexibility, and take meaningful action even when difficult thoughts or feelings are present. This approach can be helpful for stress, anxiety, and navigating life transitions. She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to identify and reshape unhelpful thinking patterns and to teach practical coping skills for depression, anxiety, and problem-focused concerns. In addition, her client-centered work emphasizes empathy, respect, and the client’s own strengths, creating space for exploration of relationships, identity, and grief.

Choosing the right approach is part of the collaborative process. Kelly works with each person to determine which methods best match their needs, goals, and preferences, and she adjusts the plan over time as progress and priorities evolve.

Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which offer flexibility for scheduling and make it easier to maintain continuity through life changes. These formats allow licensed professionals to provide a range of supports from real-time skill practice to shorter check-ins between sessions, helping clients engage in therapy in ways that fit their daily lives.