Therapist profile
Crystal Kelly, LMFT
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist - Family and parenting focus
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- Stress and anxiety
- Parenting support
- CBT and DBT skills
About Crystal
Crystal Kelly is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) in Florida with 11 years of clinical experience. She focuses on concerns such as stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family challenges, trauma and abuse, parenting strain, and mood disorders. Crystal also addresses issues like self-esteem, addictions, grief, intimacy concerns, ADHD, and life changes.
Her sessions are straightforward and focused on practical steps. She uses Client-Centered Therapy to listen and prioritize each person's goals. She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thinking and Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills for managing strong emotions. Motivational Interviewing and mindfulness techniques appear in her work to support change and present-moment coping.
Crystal often helps people clarify what matters to them, set small achievable goals, and practice new ways of responding at home. She discusses relationship patterns and family of origin concerns without assuming family or couples sessions. She speaks plainly about boundaries, communication, and coping skills people can use between sessions.
Her background includes supporting people through transitions such as separation, parenting stress, career changes, and grief. She pays attention to attachment wounds, codependency, abandonment feelings, and issues like impulsivity or dissociation when they affect daily life. Her approach combines problem-focused strategies with time for personal reflection.
People wanting to try therapy with her start by completing a short questionnaire and scheduling a first session. Crystal works in English and practices in Florida as an LMFT. If you need to confirm how she runs sessions, check the current online therapy options before booking.
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How her approaches guide online work
Crystal uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. CBT is practical and goal-focused, useful for anxiety, depression, and stress that affect daily life.She also draws on Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills to teach emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness. DBT skills help when strong emotions or impulsivity get in the way of relationships and parenting. Client-Centered Therapy informs the way she listens and sets goals with each person, letting the client's priorities shape the work.
Finding the best approach is a collaborative process. She will talk with each person about goals, try strategies, and adjust methods based on what helps. The work is paced to the individual and focuses on tangible steps to use at home and in relationships.
Confirm the exact session formats before booking, as the biography does not specify them. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, shorten some check-ins, or avoid travel time. It can also allow work to continue through life transitions and when schedules are tight, while the therapist and client decide together what style and rhythm of sessions suit the person.
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Experience
11+ years
Listed in
Florida
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of family and parenting concerns does she address?
She works with individual adults on parenting strain, family problems, family of origin issues, and related relationship stress.
How would she describe her therapeutic style?
She uses a mix of Client-Centered listening with active methods like CBT and DBT skills practice to manage emotions and change thinking patterns.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 11 years of experience as a clinician working with mood disorders, trauma, relationship issues, and parenting concerns.
Is she a licensed therapist and where does she practice?
She is an LMFT licensed in Florida and practices there as a Florida LMFT.
Does she offer sessions in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are available?
Please confirm current session options before booking, as the biography does not list specific formats.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule your first session.
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