Darlene Kelly, LCSW
Louisiana · 24 years in practice
Darlene Kelly is a licensed clinical social worker with 24 years of experience who uses a systemic perspective to help people sort through difficult relationships and life changes.
License and registration
- LCSW, Louisiana
- 4730 · expires August 2026
- LCSW, Texas
- 57472 · expires April 2028
- LCSW, Mississippi
- C10272 · expires April 2028
- NPI
- 1568627297 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 24
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Darlene
Darlene Kelly is a licensed clinical social worker with 24 years of experience who uses a systemic perspective to help people sort through difficult relationships and life changes. She listens without judgment and creates space for people to say what feels hard to say. She focuses on practical steps so people can move forward from pain, confusion, or repeated patterns.
Kelly meets people where they are and helps them name what matters most.
Background and approach
She draws on approaches like Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to build clearer thinking and workable daily choices. Attachment-based ideas guide conversations about trust, closeness, and how past hurts affect present relationships. Typical concerns she addresses include anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, addiction, grief, and burnout.
She also supports people facing parenting stress, career transitions, body image struggles, sleep and eating problems, and challenges tied to ADHD or bipolar symptoms. She works with relationship and intimacy issues as well as caregiver strain and chronic health concerns. Sessions focus on practical tools, honest conversation, and small experiments people can try between meetings.
Kelly encourages goal-setting that fits real life and reviews progress regularly so changes feel manageable. Her aim is steady, usable growth rather than quick fixes. People who choose her can expect direct listening, warm curiosity, and collaborative planning.
She works with individuals across the adult lifespan and accepts international clients who use English for sessions.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Darlene lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Darlene names
- Systemic Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Gottman Method
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How therapy approaches work online
Systemic therapy looks at how relationships and patterns affect day-to-day life and focuses on practical changes people can make inside their networks. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings while choosing actions that match their values. Attachment-Based Therapy explores how early connections shape trust and closeness and helps people build healthier ways of relating.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful, then try approaches collaboratively and adjust over time. This keeps therapy tailored to real needs rather than locked into a single method.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide practical flexibility. Video lets people read body language and have deeper conversations. Phone can work when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging make brief check-ins and ongoing coaching-style support possible between longer sessions. These options help people fit therapy into work, caregiving, or travel schedules while keeping focus on steady progress.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She works with a wide range of issues including anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, addiction, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting stress, and challenges related to ADHD and bipolar symptoms.
What is her general therapy style?
Her style is collaborative and listening-focused, combining practical tools with conversations about how past experiences shape current patterns.
How long has she been practicing?
She brings 24 years of clinical experience to her work with adults across many life stages.
What credentials does she hold and where is she based?
She is a licensed clinical social worker - LCSW - and practices from Louisiana.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts clients from other countries who can work in English.
What session formats are available?
Clients may meet by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on their needs.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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