About Anna
Anna Lehew Kelley greets people with a steady, nonjudgmental style. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker - LCSW - with 12 years of experience and helps people who are feeling stuck by focusing on clear, practical steps. Her tone is collaborative and direct, aimed at parents and adults who want manageable change.
She starts by listening to what feels hardest right now. Then she helps identify patterns that keep problems repeating.
Background and approach
Sessions emphasize simple skills to reduce stress, manage strong emotions, and improve communication with partners or family members. Anna draws on approaches that address both thoughts and attachment needs. That allows her to combine short-term coping tools with deeper work on trust and connection.
She also uses trauma-focused tools when past events continue to cause distress. Her background includes a Master of Social Work from the University of Pittsburgh and licensure in West Virginia and Ohio. Anna has worked with people coping with depression, anxiety, grief, addiction, PTSD, parenting strain, and relationship conflict.
She brings practical methods aimed at everyday life, not just ideas. In sessions she aims to make change feel possible instead of overwhelming. Conversations are focused and goal-oriented, with homework or practice when helpful.
The overall aim is clearer thinking, calmer reactions, and healthier ways of handling difficult moments. People who want straightforward guidance and steady support may find her approach a good fit. She offers a balance of short-term tools and longer-term work based on each person’s needs.
How Anna’s Approaches Translate to Online Therapy
Attachment-based work focuses on how early relationships affect current closeness and trust. Online sessions let people talk through patterns that make connection hard and practice new ways of relating in real time. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at unhelpful thoughts and teaches practical skills to change them; it is useful for anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes. EMDR is a trauma-focused approach that helps process disturbing memories; it can reduce the intensity of past events that still cause distress.Finding the right approach is part of the process. Anna will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and comfort level. That plan can change over time as progress is made and new issues come up.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls are good for deeper conversations and visual cues. Phone sessions can fit a shorter break or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat or text-based messaging can help with quick check-ins, homework support, or when someone prefers not to use video. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, family, and daily life.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Infidelity
- Life purpose
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- West Virginia, Ohio, Oregon, Tennessee
- Languages
- English