- Practical coping skills
- Focus on identity
- Stress and anxiety help
About Kelly
Kelly Gulat is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Virginia with 11 years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people navigate stress, anxiety, grief, depression, trauma, identity concerns, and life changes. Kelly aims to create a straightforward, nonjudgmental space where clients can talk through what matters most to them.
Her background includes long-term work in mental health and a focus on whole-person wellbeing. In sessions she looks at how relationships, work, health, and identity affect daily life. She uses practical methods to help people build skills for coping, emotion regulation, and clearer decision-making.
Kelly’s approach often draws on client-centered conversation to center the person’s goals. She also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to spot unhelpful thinking and DBT strategies to manage intense emotions. Mindfulness and existential ideas can help clients find meaning and calm amid uncertainty.
People contact her for a wide range of concerns including parenting stress, relationship and intimacy-related issues, ADHD, career questions, chronic illness and caregiver strain, body image, and bereavement. She also supports those facing commitment, control, or communication struggles.
Sessions emphasize practical steps and collaboration. Kelly works with each person to set realistic goals, practice new skills between sessions, and adjust the plan as needed. She welcomes conversations about identity and culture and helps LGBT clients explore related concerns.
If someone is ready to take a first step, Kelly encourages completing the therapy intake and scheduling a first meeting to see if the fit feels right.
How Kelly’s Approaches Translate to Online Work
Kelly often uses client-centered therapy, which focuses on listening closely to the person and shaping sessions around their goals. This approach helps clients feel heard and guides practical steps that matter to them.She also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, and managing stress by breaking problems into concrete parts and practicing new responses.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills are another tool she may use for emotion regulation and coping with intense feelings. DBT techniques teach grounding, distress tolerance, and communication skills that people can apply between sessions.
Choosing the right mix of approaches is collaborative. The therapist will work with the client to try methods that fit their needs, goals, and preferences and will adjust the plan based on what helps most.
For practical matters, confirm current session options before booking since formats are not listed here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy life, allow shorter check-ins when a full session is not possible, reduce commuting time, and offer ways to practice skills between meetings. These benefits help people keep momentum while working on stress, mood, relationships, and identity issues.
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Experience
11+ years
Credentials
Virginia
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns can Kelly help with?
Kelly addresses stress, anxiety, grief, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy-related issues, parenting and family matters, ADHD, career challenges, chronic illness and caregiver stress, body image, and other life changes.
What is her therapy style like?
She uses a warm, client-centered style that focuses on the person’s goals. Sessions include practical skill-building and collaborative problem solving.
How much experience does she have?
Kelly has 11 years of experience as a practicing counselor and over two decades working in the mental health field in other roles.
What are her credentials and location?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) licensed in Virginia and practices there.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Does she work with international clients?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How much do sessions cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling according to therapist availability.