About Kelly
Kelly Stone is a licensed clinical social worker in North Carolina who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy concerns, and addiction issues. She works with clients facing grief, trauma, parenting strain, and career challenges. Her approach is collaborative and practical, aimed at small steps people can use right away.
Stone uses straightforward conversation to clarify what matters most to each person. She listens for strengths and patterns, then helps clients test new ways of thinking and behaving.
Background and approach
Sessions often include skill building, goal setting, and attention to emotions that get in the way of connection or daily functioning. Her methods draw on client-centered care, cognitive behavioral techniques, mindfulness, emotionally focused ideas, and motivational interviewing. That mix lets her tailor work to someone coping with mood disorders, attachment concerns, or substance issues.
She emphasizes real-world changes rather than abstract theory. With eight years of experience as an LCSW, Stone brings practical experience from varied settings. She frames the client as the expert on their life and offers collaborative guidance to reduce suffering and increase choice.
Progress usually looks like clearer priorities, calmer reactions, and steps toward healthier relationships. People who contact her can expect a warm, direct style and a focus on doable strategies. She helps clients break larger problems into manageable tasks and tracks small wins along the way.
How therapeutic approaches work online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on understanding each person’s perspective and building on their strengths to guide change. It helps people who need a nonjudgmental space to clarify goals and feel heard.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It uses practical exercises to reduce anxiety, manage mood symptoms, and change unhelpful patterns over time.
Emotionally-Focused Therapy pays attention to how emotions shape relationships and connection. It helps people identify core feelings and practice new emotional responses to improve intimacy and communication.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist collaborates with clients to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That conversation guides how sessions are structured and which exercises are prioritized.
Online formats make this collaboration flexible. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction for skill practice and emotional work. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a simpler check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging support shorter check-ins, ongoing coaching, or quick homework follow-up. These options help people fit therapy into busy lives and maintain continuity between sessions.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- North Carolina
- Languages
- English