About Kelly
Kelly Reed is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Alaska with ten years of clinical experience. She works with people dealing with stress, anxiety, grief, parenting challenges, and self-esteem concerns. She also supports those coping with life changes and issues related to pregnancy, postpartum periods, and seasonal affective disorder.
Her style is respectful and compassionate. She aims to tailor conversations and plans to each person’s needs. She emphasizes listening so people feel seen and heard during sessions.
Background and approach
Kelly uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to address practical problems. In sessions she helps people identify small changes they can make day to day. She focuses on coping strategies for anxiety and ways to manage grief and low mood.
She is mindful of issues that come after disasters and other traumatic events, and she helps people work through guilt, shame, and forgiveness when those topics come up. She also supports women facing pregnancy and postpartum challenges and the particular stresses those bring. Kelly welcomes people of all sexual orientations and gender identities into her counseling space.
She encourages anyone who is ready to take a step toward change to reach out and start the process of matching with a therapist.
Therapeutic approaches and online access
Kelly uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques focused on practical change. One common approach is skills-based work that teaches specific tools for managing anxiety and stress, such as breathing, grounding, and activity planning. These methods help reduce intense moments and make day-to-day life easier.She also uses grief-focused strategies that help people process loss in manageable steps. These techniques support mourning, help sort complicated emotions like guilt and shame, and guide people toward rebuilding routines and meaning after a loss.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, needs, and preferences, then try techniques that fit. Together they adjust the plan over time based on what helps most.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls are useful for deeper, face-to-face conversations. Phone sessions can work well when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging provide brief check-ins, quick problem-solving, or ongoing support between sessions. These options help people fit counseling into busy schedules and varying daily circumstances.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Alaska
- Languages
- English
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