Kelly Sheets, LPC

Kelly Sheets is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Tennessee. She brings eight years of clinical experience and a conversational, down-to-earth style to sessions. She focuses on practical tools that help clients manage anxiety, depression, addiction, trauma, and stress. Kelly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) alongside other approaches to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors. She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and client-centered methods to support values-driven change. Much of Kelly's background comes from working in residential substance use treatment, where she helped people facing co-occurring issues and addiction. That setting shaped her focus on substance use, anger, eating concerns, and the ways trauma can feed repetitive behaviors. She also has experience with bipolar disorder, relationship and communication struggles, and compassion fatigue. Kelly has academic training in clinical psychology and a master of arts in clinical mental health counseling from East Tennessee State University. Her social psychology background informs how she discusses beliefs, attitudes, and common patterns people fall into. She views therapy as a collaborative process where the client’s own goals guide the work. In sessions she keeps the tone informal and practical. People can expect direct conversation, behavioral experiments, and attention to how thoughts affect actions. She helps clients address attachment and abandonment concerns, dissociation, codependency, and other focused issues that often come up alongside mood and trauma symptoms.

How Kelly’s approaches translate to online care

Kelly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors in everyday life. CBT is often used for anxiety, depression, stress, and the patterns that maintain addictive or compulsive behaviors.

She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people clarify personal values and take committed action even when difficult thoughts or feelings appear. Client-centered work is also part of her practice, which means she listens closely and follows the client’s own goals and pace.

Choosing the right approach is collaborative. Kelly will talk with each person about current struggles, goals, and preferences, then recommend methods to try together. The plan can change as needs evolve and new strategies are tested.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy fit into busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and a fuller sense of connection. Phone sessions can be easier when video is not possible or bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for shorter check-ins, written reflection, or when scheduling needs a compact option.