About Kent
Kent Kelley is a licensed counselor with 24 years of professional experience. He practices in Colorado and brings a calm, steady presence to conversations about stress and anxiety. Kent focuses on helping people manage everyday pressures and difficult transitions.
He uses clear, practical methods in sessions. Kent listens first and helps people name what feels most urgent. Then he works with them to pick strategies that fit their life and goals, whether that's building coping skills or changing unhelpful habits.
Background and approach
Kent draws on approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Client-Centered Therapy. He blends short-term skill work with conversations about values and relationships. Sessions aim to reduce overwhelm and increase the sense of direction day to day.
People come to him for many concerns: stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, grief, trauma, addictions, parenting strain, career worry, and ADHD. Kent also provides coaching-style support for life changes and career moves. He likes to set simple, measurable steps so progress can be tracked.
His sessions are practical and straightforward. Kent helps people try new behaviors between meetings and then reviews what worked. The overall goal is to restore functioning and increase confidence in managing future stressors.
How Kent’s approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people clarify what matters to them and take small steps toward those values despite uncomfortable feelings. It is useful when anxiety or life changes make it hard to move forward. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) teaches skills to spot and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns, which can reduce worry and improve daily functioning. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a respectful, nonjudgmental conversation where the person sets the pace and the therapist reflects and supports their goals.Kent treats finding the right method as a joint process. He will talk through the options with each person, try different techniques, and adjust plans based on what feels most helpful. The focus is on matching approach to needs and preferences rather than using a single fixed method.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls let people use visual cues and longer conversations. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a simpler check-in is preferred. Live chat and text let someone fit brief updates into a busy day or follow up between sessions. These options offer flexibility so therapy can fit work, school, or family schedules.
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- Addictions
- ADHD
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Coping with life changes
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 24 years
- Licensed
- Colorado, Montana, Washington
- Languages
- English
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