About Mona
Mona Lisa Kelly is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Michigan with 34 years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, grief, eating concerns, anger, and depression. Her work centers on practical steps clients can use day to day.
She encourages clients to use their own strengths and life knowledge in the work. Mona believes people are the experts in their own story and that therapy should build on what is already working.
Background and approach
She offers steady support while clients try new ways of coping. In sessions she helps people cope with loss and grief and with major life changes. She also assists with issues related to cancer, chronic illness, caregiver strain, and pain management.
Work and motivation issues are addressed with straightforward problem solving and planning. The practice pays attention to emotional blocks like guilt, shame, anger, and impulsivity. Mona also helps clients explore life purpose, self-love, and forgiveness.
Social anxiety, workplace stress, and concerns common to young adults and women are included in her focus. Therapy tends to be collaborative and grounded. She listens, offers practical strategies, and helps people try small changes between sessions.
The aim is clearer choices, steadier moods, and more confidence in daily life.
Approaches that guide online sessions and what to expect
Many clients benefit from evidence-based approaches that focus on skills and real-life change. One common method emphasizes learning practical coping skills for anxiety and stress - it teaches breathing, pacing, and step-by-step exposure to feared situations to reduce avoidance. Another useful approach targets mood and behavior patterns by identifying small, specific changes in routine and thinking that lead to steadier mood and better daily functioning.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss options, listen to a client's goals, and try methods that match those goals and preferences. That process is collaborative and may be adjusted as needs change.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video allows face-to-face conversation, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat is good for brief check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing encouragement or short updates. These formats offer flexibility so therapy can fit into busy days and changing schedules.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Eating disorders
Also listed
- Experience
- 34 years
- Licensed
- Michigan
- Languages
- English
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