Kelly Van VleetLCMHC

Kelly Van Vleet is a licensed clinical mental health counselor (LCMHC) in North Carolina with eight years of experience supporting people through stressful times. She welcomes those feeling anxious, low, overwhelmed, or unsure how to handle major life changes. Her approach is warm and straightforward, focused on helping clients feel heard and understood.

Kelly uses practical, talk-based work to help people manage anxiety, depression, and relationship strain. She helps clients notice unhelpful thoughts and try different ways of responding. Sessions aim to build small, useful changes that make daily life easier and more manageable.

Clients can expect a respectful, nonjudgmental space where personal values and goals guide the work. Kelly listens closely and then offers tools and strategies that fit each person’s situation. She also focuses on problems like low self-esteem, guilt and shame, loneliness, and communication issues.

Her background includes addressing caregiving stress, aging and geriatric concerns, cancer-related emotional challenges, blended family issues, attachment difficulties, and commitment or infidelity struggles. Kelly also supports people coping with feelings of emptiness or dependent personality patterns.

Therapy typically blends client-centered conversation with techniques drawn from cognitive behavioral therapy, motivational interviewing, and solution-focused work. That mix is used to clarify goals, find motivation for change, and practice concrete steps between sessions. Kelly aims to be a steady partner as clients try new ways of handling life’s demands.

How Kelly’s approaches translate to online work

Client-centered therapy emphasizes listening and following the client's lead. The therapist creates a space where people can talk about what matters most to them, and the work is guided by each person's goals and values.

Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, focuses on noticing unhelpful thoughts and testing new ways of thinking and acting. It often includes simple exercises and small experiments to try between sessions, which can help with anxiety, low mood, and stress.

Motivational interviewing helps people find their own reasons for change. It uses open questions and reflection to build motivation and reduce resistance when making difficult decisions or starting new habits.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist works collaboratively to decide which methods fit a person's needs, goals, and preferences. This means the plan can change as progress is made and new priorities emerge.

Session formats are not listed in the biography, so confirm the available online options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It also supports using homework tools or worksheets between meetings so people can practice new skills in real life.