About Kelly
Kelly Smith is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 23 years of experience based in Montana. She offers calm, straightforward support for people facing stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, low self-esteem, and life transitions. She speaks plainly and aims to make first steps feel manageable for someone who is worried or unsure.
Kelly creates a welcoming space where people can talk through what’s on their mind without fear of judgment. Sessions focus on practical steps and steady progress rather than jargon.
Background and approach
She helps people build confidence, manage anxiety, and work through the emotional aftermath of trauma and loss. Her background includes long experience with a wide range of concerns such as ADHD, sleep problems, anger, and relationship or intimacy-related issues.
She also brings experience addressing issues that can come from particular life contexts, including first responder and veteran challenges, blended family concerns, and pregnancy or childbirth stressors. Kelly supports people coping with grief, end-of-life questions, and forgiveness work, and she helps those exploring life purpose or recovering from natural or human-caused disasters.
She often uses coaching-style guidance alongside therapy to help clients set goals and build new routines. Sessions are offered in English and can be scheduled by following the Start Therapy process. Kelly aims to match practical strategies to each person’s needs and pace, helping them take manageable steps toward clearer days ahead.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Kelly typically uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on skills and real-life change. One approach emphasizes practical coping skills for managing anxiety and stress, teaching simple strategies to handle overwhelming thoughts and bodily reactions. Another approach concentrates on processing trauma and loss in small, steady steps so painful memories feel less disruptive and daily functioning can improve.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about symptoms, goals, and what feels most helpful, then try approaches together to see what fits best. This is a collaborative process where plans are adjusted based on progress and preference.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make care flexible. Video calls recreate a face-to-face conversation when visual cues help. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is easier. Live chat or text messaging suit short check-ins, coaching-style guidance, or times when typing feels most comfortable. These options help fit therapy into busy days and across distances.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Coaching
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Life purpose
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 23 years
- Licensed
- Montana
- Languages
- English