About Brian
Brian Kelley is an Illinois Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship strain, and problems with addiction. He meets people where they are and focuses on practical steps to get unstuck. His style is straightforward and collaborative, with attention to what matters most to each person.
He draws on cognitive behavioral ideas to look at links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. He also uses acceptance and commitment strategies to help people clarify values and take meaningful steps.
Background and approach
Dialectical skills and client-centered listening are part of how he supports emotional regulation and clearer communication. Brian has three years of experience as an LCPC in Illinois. He works with issues such as trauma and abuse, bipolar and mood disorders, intimacy and sexual identity concerns, parenting and fatherhood issues, and burnout or compassion fatigue.
He also addresses career questions, life transitions, and problems tied to family of origin and divorce. Sessions focus on practical tools, short-term skill-building, and deeper conversations when needed. He helps people develop tools for managing strong emotions, improving communication, and coping with loss.
Goals are set together and adjusted as progress unfolds. Sessions are offered in English and are available in multiple online formats. Brian welcomes clients of any sexual orientation and gender expression and aims to create a respectful, nonjudgmental space for each person.
Therapeutic approaches for online care
Brian often uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people notice how thoughts shape feelings and actions, and then to practice different thinking and behavior patterns to reduce anxiety and depression. Acceptance and commitment therapy is another tool he uses to help clarify what matters most and to take action toward those values even when feelings are difficult. He also brings client-centered listening into sessions to give space for people to describe their experience and feel heard.Finding the right approach is part of the work. He will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their needs and goals. That can mean trying a skill-focused plan first, then shifting to values work or deeper conversation as progress continues.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which help people fit therapy into busy lives. Video lets for face-to-face conversation, phone can work when bandwidth is limited, live chat offers a shorter check-in option, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to access consistent care and to use the formats that suit daily routines and comfort.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English
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