Kelly Sheets, LPC

Kelly Sheets is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Tennessee. She brings eight years of counseling experience and a straightforward, conversational style to sessions. She focuses on thought patterns and everyday habits that affect mood and behavior, and she aims to help people find practical ways to cope.

Sheets draws on Existential therapy as a foundation while using other approaches when they fit the person and the situation. Her background includes substantial work in residential alcohol and drug programs, where she worked with co-occurring issues alongside addiction. That work gave her experience with trauma, compulsive behaviors, and personality struggles that can fuel substance use.

She has supported people dealing with depression, anxiety, bipolar concerns, eating issues, anger, and stress. She also works with concerns related to attachment, abandonment, codependency, communication problems, and compassion fatigue. Her practice includes work with trauma and abuse and with drug and alcohol addiction.

Sheets holds a Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and a Bachelor of Science in Clinical Psychology from East Tennessee State University. She mentions ongoing involvement in university research, including a specific interest in combat-related post-traumatic stress.

In sessions she uses a casual, talk-focused approach that helps clients make sense of their thoughts and habits. She aims to offer insight, guidance, and a sounding board so people can test new ways of thinking and living.

Therapeutic approaches and how they translate online

Kelly uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and commit to actions that match their values. ACT is useful for anxiety, depression, and stress when habits get in the way of living well.

She also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to identify thought patterns and shift everyday habits that maintain problems. CBT offers concrete techniques to test beliefs and change behaviors related to mood, eating, or substance use.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful, then recommend approaches to try. This is a collaborative process where methods can be adjusted over time based on what the client notices and needs.

Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, such as scheduling during a work break or avoiding travel time. It can allow quicker check-ins when needed and can reduce barriers like long commutes. Session options are not specified in the biography, so confirm current formats before booking to learn which session types are available and which best fit your routine.