Kelly Van Vleet, LCMHC

Kelly Van Vleet is a licensed clinical mental health counselor (LCMHC) practicing in North Carolina with eight years of experience. She works with people who are feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or not quite themselves. Common concerns she helps with include anxiety, depression, relationship stress, low self-esteem, coping with life changes, and jealousy.

Therapy with Kelly aims to be warm and straightforward. She creates a space where clients can be heard and accepted while they talk through what feels hard. Sessions focus on practical steps and small changes that add up over time.

Kelly uses familiar, goal-focused methods to help people manage symptoms and build skills. That can mean reviewing thought patterns, practicing new ways of communicating, and clarifying what matters most to a person. She balances listening with offering doable tools to try between sessions.

She also supports people facing aging and geriatric issues, caregiver stress, cancer-related concerns, blended family challenges, attachment and commitment issues, and struggles with guilt, shame, or forgiveness. Kelly pays attention to how life transitions affect daily routines and relationships.

Her approach is collaborative - clients’ goals guide each session. Conversations are paced to match what each person needs, whether that looks like steady weekly work or focused problem-solving over a few visits.

How Kelly's Approaches Help Online

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on understanding your experience and building a respectful, nonjudgmental relationship; it helps people feel heard and more confident in making changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at thoughts, feelings, and actions together and uses practical exercises to reduce anxiety or low mood. Motivational Interviewing supports people who feel stuck about change by exploring their own reasons and helping them find motivation.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Kelly will discuss goals and preferences with each person and tailor methods to fit what they want to accomplish. This is a collaborative process where techniques are introduced and adjusted based on feedback and progress.

Session options are not listed here, so confirm current online formats before booking. In general, online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow check-ins that match a work or caregiving schedule. Different approaches lend themselves to different rhythms of work - for example, CBT often uses short exercises to do between sessions while Client-Centered Therapy may focus more on exploring material at a steadier pace. Kelly will help plan a session rhythm that fits practical needs and therapeutic goals.