Therapist profile
Darlene Kelly, LCSW
Louisiana
LCSW - Anger and Relationship Concerns
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- CredentialsLCSW
- LicenseLCSW, Louisiana / 4730; LCSW, Texas / 57472; LCSW, Mississippi / C10272
- NPI1568627297
- Experience24 years
- LanguagesEnglish
- LocationLouisiana
About
- ACT and CBT tools
- Attachment insight
- Skills for emotion regulation
About Darlene
Darlene Kelly is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 24 years of experience based in Louisiana. She helps people who are facing anger, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, and major life changes. She also works with issues related to trauma, addiction, parenting challenges, grief, and identity concerns such as LGBT matters.
Kelly uses straightforward listening and open questions to let people describe what’s happening. She focuses on what people want to change, and how they want to show up differently in their lives. Sessions are practical and conversational rather than filled with jargon.
Her approach blends several methods, including acceptance and commitment ideas, attachment-based perspectives, client-centered work, cognitive behavioral tools, and skills from dialectical behavior therapy. That mix lets her offer concrete strategies for mood, behavior, and relationship patterns. She aims to help clients notice thoughts and feelings, choose values-based directions, and practice new behaviors.
Over two decades of practice have included work with singles, married partners, teens, and older adults. She has supported people through parenting stress, career transitions, caregiving burdens, chronic illness, and adoption or foster care concerns. She also addresses eating, sleeping, attention, and intimacy-related struggles.
Her style is direct and encouraging. She makes room for people to name their experiences and plan manageable steps forward. To begin, prospective clients are asked to use the site process to match and schedule a first session.
How sessions work
How therapeutic approaches appear in online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them. It emphasizes choosing actions that match personal values and can help with anger that feels overwhelming or automatic. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks down the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical strategies to change unhelpful patterns; it is often used for stress, anxiety, and mood management. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early and current relationship patterns shape reactions; it can help when anger is tied to trust, closeness, or abandonment issues. Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. That means trying skills, checking what helps, and adjusting focus as needed rather than committing to one single method from the start. The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm available online options before booking. In general, online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow for shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. Those practical benefits can help people practice new skills between sessions and integrate changes into daily routines.Areas of focus
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Experience
24+ years
Listed in
Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of anger issues does she help with?
She works with snapping at loved ones, workplace frustration, building resentment, and responses to others' anger. Anger is listed among many concerns she supports.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is conversational and practical, focusing on listening and helping people plan steps they can try between sessions. She blends skills work with acceptance and attachment perspectives.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 24 years of clinical experience working with adults across a range of concerns including trauma, addiction, mood disorders, and relationship issues.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with credentials noted as TX LCSW and MS LCSW, and she practices from Louisiana.
Can I work with her if I live outside the United States?
Sessions are offered to international clients and are conducted in English.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not specify session formats. Confirm current session options through the site's booking process before scheduling.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the See online therapy options button, completing the short matching questionnaire, and scheduling a first session.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is unsafe, use the crisis numbers.