Kelly Messing-Mirabito, LPC

Kelly Messing-Mirabito is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Michigan with 19 years of clinical experience. She works with people facing anxiety, stress, depression, addictions, and major life changes. Her style is calm and direct, and she listens first to understand each person's situation.

Kelly earned her B.S. and her master’s degree in counseling from Oakland University. Over nearly two decades she has supported people dealing with self-esteem struggles, career shifts, parenting stress, relationship problems, and coping with new challenges. She draws on a mix of practical approaches to help clients move forward.

In sessions she focuses on useful skills and clear steps. Kelly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thinking and change patterns that keep problems going. She also applies client-centered principles to make space for each person's perspective and choices.

Mindfulness techniques appear in her work to help people notice what they are feeling in the moment. Solution-focused strategies help set short-term goals and track small wins. Together these methods aim to make therapy straightforward and goal-oriented.

Kelly meets people where they are and builds plans that fit real life. She emphasizes listening, practical tools, and steady progress. A parent or professional reading on a phone will get a clear sense of what to expect in sessions.

Practical therapy methods you can use online

Kelly commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot unhelpful thoughts and change behaviors that keep problems like anxiety and depression going. CBT focuses on clear exercises and small experiments that can be done between sessions to build new habits.

She also draws on Client-Centered Therapy, which emphasizes listening, empathy, and shaping the work around the person's goals. This approach helps people feel heard while they decide what changes matter most to them.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Kelly will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and preferences, and she adjusts the plan if something isn’t working.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make counseling fit a busy life. Video allows face-to-face conversation, phone can be a simpler check-in, chat works for shorter updates, and messaging lets people share between scheduled meetings. These options help people fit therapy into work days, parenting routines, and changing schedules while still getting focused, skill-based support from a licensed professional.