Kellie Foster, LMHC, LCMHC

Kellie Foster is a licensed mental health counselor who helps people handle stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, grief, and life changes. She uses straightforward conversation and practical tools to support clients making difficult transitions or coping with ongoing challenges.

With 13 years of experience, Kellie blends several approaches rather than relying on one model. She often uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people spot unhelpful thinking patterns and acceptance and commitment strategies to clarify values and take meaningful action. Her style is relaxed and conversational, and she aims to build a trusting working relationship first.

Kellie also brings client-centered and emotionally focused ideas into sessions. That means she listens for each person's concerns and responds with empathy while helping people strengthen emotional awareness and improve communication. She avoids heavy labeling and works to honor each person’s life story.

Her focus spans many areas, including relationship concerns, family of origin issues, career stress, compassion fatigue, caregiver stress, chronic illness, fertility and adoption-related struggles, and challenges tied to major life events. She also supports people facing depression, emptiness, or identity questions within LGBT contexts.

Sessions are offered through video, phone, live chat, and text-based messaging. Kellie encourages people to start with a short matching questionnaire so they can schedule an initial session that fits their needs and availability.

How Kellie’s approaches translate to online therapy

CBT helps people spot and change unhelpful thoughts and the behaviors that follow. Online sessions can include worksheet-style exercises, thought records, and behavioral experiments that a person practices between visits to build new routines and reduce anxiety or low mood.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy focuses on clarifying values and taking meaningful action even when uncomfortable emotions appear. In teletherapy, this work often uses practical exercises and value-based goals so clients can try actions in their daily life and discuss results in the next session.

Client-centered therapy emphasizes listening, empathy, and a collaborative relationship. That supportive stance helps people feel heard while they work on goals with a therapist who follows their pace.

Choosing an approach is a joint process. The therapist will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and preferences and suggest techniques to try. Sessions can evolve over time as new challenges or priorities appear.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls are good for face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging let people send shorter check-ins, ask quick questions between sessions, or fit therapy into a busy day. These options help therapy fit into real life while keeping the focus on progress.