About Me
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in North Carolina, Arizona, and Utah
Hello! I’m Kelly
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
I help people who are experiencing stressful family relationships to improve communication and coping skills so that they can enjoy life more. I founded Carolina Family Therapy as an online teletherapy practice to help you access therapy services at your convenience. It’s never been more important to be able to receive great care from the comfort of your home.
I received my master’s degree in family therapy from Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and my bachelor’s degree in special education from Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah.
My Approach & Values
I take a brief therapy approach when working with tweens and couples. My goal is to help you resolve the problems that brought you to therapy in an efficient manner by helping you gain insight into why you feel stuck and to provide you with skills to learn how to cope and communicate more effectively. With a professional balance of compassion, psychoeducation, and light-heartedness, you might even find therapy to be a fun experience!
Individuals come to therapy for a variety of reasons and I follow the client’s lead on treatment goals. Some people are interested in resolving a temporary issue such as working through grief after pregnancy loss. Others find that having an ongoing relationship with a trusted therapist over the course of many years is a vital part of their self-care plan. Both short-term and long-term goals and therapeutic relationships are effective at providing lasting mental health benefits.
Research Based Therapeutic Approaches
- Gottman Method for couples counseling
- Discernment Counseling for mixed-agenda couples
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Acceptance and Committment Therapy (ACT)
- Intuitive Eating
- Health at Every Size
Areas of Noteworthy Expertise
- Working with female athletes
- Cultural competence in working with clients who have a Mormon background or are members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- LGBTQ+ affirmative counseling
Emotion Management
For tweens who need coping skills to manage strong emotions such as:
anxiety
anger
suicidal thoughts
and
For their parents or caregivers struggling to handle emotional outbursts
Couples Therapy or Discernment Counseling
Couples Therapy for couples who are committed to changing relationship patterns, improving communication skills, and increasing intimacy and vulnerability
or
Discernment Counseling for couples in which at least one partner is considering separation or divorce and is not sure if an attempt to improve the relationship is worth the effort
Individual Therapy
For older teens and adults who are interested in working through personal issues related to:
family or partner relationships
perfectionism or fear of failure
disordered eating or body image
sports and performance psychology
grief and loss
faith transitions
Contact Me
I look forward to hearing from you! Email is the best way to get in touch with me. Both email and phone/voicemail are secure and HIPAA compliant.