About Kelly
Kelly L Mattis brings 28 years of counseling experience to people facing stress, anxiety, depression, and trauma. She offers steady, practical support for adults and young adults who feel overwhelmed by life changes or stuck in painful patterns. Her tone is calm and straightforward, focusing on clear steps people can take right away.
She uses an adaptive, whole-person approach that looks at how work, relationships, and past events connect to current struggles.
Background and approach
Sessions often include talking through difficult memories, practicing communication skills, and building self-esteem with realistic goals. Kelly pays attention to how physical health, caregiving demands, and money worries affect mood and behavior. Her work addresses panic attacks, post-traumatic stress, and relationship conflict with patient, measurable strategies.
She supports people dealing with chronic pain, isolation, and the stress of aging or caregiving. The aim is to reduce immediate distress while strengthening long-term coping skills. Kelly meets people where they are and helps them find practical changes that fit daily life.
She encourages small, consistent steps so progress feels doable. People leave sessions with clear next actions and a plan to practice between meetings. Kelly is licensed as an LPCC and holds an LPC-MH credential.
She practices in North Dakota and conducts sessions in English. Her background and steady manner suit those who want experienced guidance without clinical jargon.
How evidence-based approaches translate online
Kelly uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on what helps people feel better and function more easily. One approach centers on skills training for anxiety and panic - teaching breathing, grounding, and step-by-step exposure to feared situations to reduce symptoms over time. Another approach emphasizes trauma-informed work that helps people name painful memories, organize their reactions, and build safer day-to-day routines to reduce reactivity.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Kelly works with each person to clarify goals, test methods, and adjust plans based on what feels most useful. She discusses options and helps clients pick techniques that fit their needs and lifestyle rather than imposing a single method.
Online sessions are flexible and designed to fit busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when depth is needed. Phone sessions can be helpful when bandwidth or screen time is a concern. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for quick check-ins, tracking progress, or brief skill coaching between longer meetings. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, caregiving, and daily demands.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Family of origin issues
- Forgiveness
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 28 years
- Licensed
- North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota
- Languages
- English
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