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Kelly Gadbury

Practical, compassionate therapy for life changes

LPC Texas

Experience
10 years in practice
Focus areas
Stress, Anxiety, Grief, Bipolar
Approaches
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
Languages
English
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About Kelly

Kelly Gadbury is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Texas with a decade of clinical experience supporting people through major life stressors. She focuses on helping clients manage anxiety, depression, bipolar symptoms, grief, and transitions, working to create practical strategies that fit each person's situation.

Background and approach

Kelly emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and compassion while shaping conversations and treatment plans to match individual needs. Her work often addresses broader patterns such as attachment and abandonment concerns, family of origin and blended family dynamics, communication and control issues, caregiving strain, chronic illness or pain, and the emotional impact of cancer and aging.

She draws on evidence-informed methods including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), client-centered techniques, mindfulness practices, motivational interviewing, and solution-focused approaches to help clients build coping skills and move toward clearer goals. Kelly frames the first step into therapy as an act of courage and offers steady support throughout the process.

She aims to collaborate with clients to discover practical, realistic steps that increase emotional resilience and improve day-to-day functioning.

Therapeutic Approaches for Online Care

Kelly integrates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Mindfulness Therapy into online work to help clients build practical coping skills and reduce distress. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and testing new, more effective patterns, which can be useful for anxiety, depression, bipolar symptom management, and coping with life changes. Mindfulness Therapy teaches present-moment awareness and self-compassion practices that often ease stress, grief, and chronic health-related distress.

Finding the right approach is treated as a collaborative process. The therapist and client review goals, preferences, and responses to techniques together and adjust methods over time so the work feels personally useful and manageable.

Online formats such as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging offer flexibility for scheduling and make it easier to maintain continuity of care during busy or transitional periods. These options allow licensed professionals to tailor contact rhythm and communication style to fit clients' day-to-day needs while focusing on practical strategies and measurable progress.

Frequently asked questions

What issues does this therapist commonly address?
Kelly works with stress, anxiety, grief, bipolar disorder, depression, and coping with life changes, along with related concerns like attachment, caregiver stress, chronic illness, and family challenges.
What is Kelly's therapeutic style like?
Her style is respectful, sensitive, and compassionate, blending client-centered listening with practical strategies from approaches such as CBT and solution-focused work.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She brings 10 years of professional experience working with clients across a range of emotional and life transition concerns.
What credentials and location are listed for this therapist?
Kelly is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Texas; her credential is TX LPC 74054.
Does she offer sessions in languages other than English or to international clients?
She conducts sessions in English and is not currently accepting international clients.
Which session formats are available with this therapist?
Available session formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different preferences.
How are fees and payment organized?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are offered through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin therapy?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling based on the therapist's availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyGriefBipolar disorderDepressionCoping with life changes

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAging and geriatric issuesAttachment issuesBlended family issuesCancerCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesDivorce and separationEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsForgivenessGuilt and shameImpulsivityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMoney and financial issuesMood disordersParanoiaPolyamory / non-monogamous relationshipsPostpartum depressionPregnancy and childbirthSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-loveWomen's issuesWorkplace issues

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Mindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingSolution-Focused Therapy

Experience

10+ years

Licensed

Texas

Languages

English