Dr. Michele Kelly, LCSW

Dr. Michele Kelly is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Louisiana with 15 years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping teens and adults navigate life transitions and a broad range of concerns, including stress, anxiety, grief, parenting challenges, relationship and family issues, trauma and abuse, eating concerns, career questions, bipolar disorder, depression, ADHD, and coaching.

Her clinical style is collaborative and adaptive. She draws from evidence-informed approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and Solution-Focused Therapy. Dr. Kelly typically begins with a careful assessment and then tailors methods to match each person’s needs, emphasizing practical coping skills and problem-solving strategies that support long-term progress.

Dr. Kelly also brings additional focus to areas like adoption and foster care, aging and geriatric concerns, blended family dynamics, caregiver stress, communication and control issues, coping after natural or human-caused disasters, divorce and separation, domestic violence, family of origin difficulties, forgiveness, guilt and shame, immigration-related adjustment, and isolation or loneliness. She maintains flexible hours to accommodate varied schedules and offers sessions by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Dr. Kelly holds an LCSW - Licensed Clinical Social Worker - and is licensed to practice in Louisiana and Mississippi. She is not currently accepting new clients.