Luretha Kelly
Compassionate, skills-based therapy for life challenges
LICSW, LCSW Mississippi
- Experience
- 16 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Trauma and abuse, Anger, Self esteem
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Languages
- English
About Luretha
Luretha Kelly brings a strengths-focused, collaborative approach to therapy and centers her work on helping people who are dealing with trauma, mood concerns, stress, relationship challenges, and a range of life transitions.
Background and approach
She emphasizes clients' expertise in their own lives and works to empower them to build practical skills that support emotional well-being and healthier patterns of thinking and behavior. With 16 years of professional experience, she draws on a variety of evidence-informed methods to match interventions to each person’s needs.
Kelly holds LICSW and LCSW credentials and practices in Mississippi while also accepting international clients. Her practice addresses issues such as anxiety, depression, addiction, sleep difficulties, parenting and career concerns, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and compassion fatigue, along with many relational and attachment-related topics.
She aims to create a supportive environment where clients can explore underlying patterns, practice new coping strategies, and set achievable steps toward change. Therapy with Kelly weaves skill-building and mindfulness into a tailored plan, combining cognitive and behavioral tools with acceptance-oriented practices to help people manage symptoms and move toward goals they value.
How specific approaches translate to online therapy
Kelly uses several evidence-informed methods that translate well to remote work. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors through practice and skill-building, which can be supported with structured exercises and homework between sessions. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) combines acceptance and mindfulness with values-driven action, helping clients clarify what matters most and take committed steps toward those goals. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) emphasizes emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness skills that can be taught and practiced in session and reinforced through messaging or workbook-style assignments.Finding the right mix of approaches is collaborative; the therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and practical needs to determine which methods feel most useful. Clients are invited to try techniques and give feedback so the plan can be adjusted over time to better match progress and priorities.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, making it easier to fit sessions into busy or changing schedules. These options allow continuation of care across distances and time zones and support a variety of communication styles, whether someone prefers real-time conversation or more time to reflect between messages.
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Experience
16+ years
Licensed
Mississippi, District of Columbia
Languages
English