About Kelly
Kelly Fitzgerald is a Licensed Professional Counselor with two decades of experience. She helps people who feel stuck and often sees stress, anxiety, depression, and life change issues. Her work also addresses addictions, grief, bipolar concerns, and struggles with self-esteem and purpose.
Kelly favors a practical, down-to-earth style. She listens first and helps people set clear, achievable goals. Sessions often include breathing and meditation, journaling prompts, and exercises people can use between meetings.
Background and approach
Her approach centers on the whole person - physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual. She uses client-centered techniques that place the person's experience at the heart of the work. Mindfulness practices are added to build awareness and reduce reactivity.
Kelly also draws on tools like movement, positive psychology, and 12-step perspectives when they fit someone’s needs. She combines these with cognitive strategies to help change unhelpful patterns over time. The practical aim is to make daily life feel more manageable.
People who want a collaborative process will find she emphasizes partnership. She helps clients clarify values and life purpose while teaching coping skills for anxiety, stress, ADHD challenges, and relationship struggles.
Client-centered and Mindfulness work online
Client-centered therapy places the person's experience at the center of sessions. It emphasizes listening, understanding each person's goals, and shaping work around what matters most to them. This approach helps with stress, anxiety, feeling stuck, and deciding what to change.Mindfulness therapy teaches simple noticing skills and breathing or meditation exercises. These practices reduce reactivity and help people choose responses instead of reacting automatically, which is useful for anxiety, low mood, and coping with cravings or strong emotions.
Choosing the right approach is part of the process. She will work together with each client to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. That collaborative planning can shift as progress is made or new needs come up.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for full sessions and interactive exercises. Phone sessions can fit a tight schedule or lower bandwidth situations. Live chat and messaging are good for short check-ins, journaling prompts, and ongoing coaching between meetings. These options make it easier to maintain consistency and fit therapy into a busy life.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Life purpose
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Missouri, Illinois
- Languages
- English
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