Therapist profile
Kelly Peters, LCPC
Illinois LCPC - Relationships and Family Concerns
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- Addictions
- Anxiety
- Parenting
About Kelly
Kelly Peters is an Illinois LCPC (Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor) with 35 years of clinical experience. She sees adults who are dealing with depression, anxiety, grief, addiction, relationship and family concerns, parenting strain, and major life changes. Sessions focus on practical ways to manage stress, improve communication, and address patterns that keep people stuck.
Her style is collaborative and person-centered. She combines cognitive behavioral strategies with acceptance-focused work and emotion-based therapy to help people notice what matters and act differently. Therapy sessions typically involve identifying unhelpful thoughts, practicing new coping skills, and naming relationship patterns that cause pain.
Kelly’s experience includes work in employee assistance programs, crisis intervention, and critical incident debriefing. Her background also lists certificates in Internal Family Systems, PAIRS, PEERS, addictions, spiritual psychology, and breathwork, which inform her perspective though they are not listed here as qualifications beyond the LCPC credential.
People who come to her often want clear tools to handle anxiety, grief, or the stress of parenting and blended family life. She also supports those coping with medical issues, caregiver stress, and intimacy-related concerns. Conversations are straightforward and paced to fit an adult’s everyday life.
When beginning, she and the person will agree on practical goals and steps. That might include short skill practice between sessions, communication exercises, or focused work on values and behavior change. The emphasis is on usable strategies that can be tried between meetings.
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How her approaches translate to online work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take small steps toward those values. Online ACT sessions often focus on short exercises, noticing thoughts, and planning actions that fit daily life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behavior and uses practical exercises to change unhelpful patterns. In remote sessions CBT can include homework, thought records, and role plays adapted for video or phone. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) attends to how emotions shape relationships and reactions; it helps name feelings and try new ways of connecting that reduce reactivity.Finding the right approach is part of therapy. Kelly will work with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and preferences. That collaborative process may combine techniques from different models and will be adjusted as progress is made.
The practical benefits of online work include fitting sessions into a busy day and reducing travel time. Confirm which session formats are currently offered before scheduling, as the biography does not list specific delivery methods. Online sessions can make it easier to keep appointments around work, caregiving, or medical needs and can focus on short skill practice, check-ins, and structured therapy tasks that translate well to a remote setting.
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Experience
35+ years
Listed in
Illinois
Languages
English
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What concerns does she focus on?
She works with adults around depression, anxiety, grief, addictions, relationship and family concerns, parenting stress, and life transitions.
What is her general approach to therapy?
Her approach blends client-centered work with cognitive-behavioral techniques, acceptance-based methods, and emotionally focused ideas to address thoughts, feelings, and relationship patterns.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 35 years of experience in counseling, including EAP services, crisis intervention, and critical incident debriefing.
What credential does she hold and where does she practice?
She is an LCPC (Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor) licensed in Illinois and provides services from that state.
Can she work with people in other countries or languages?
Sessions are offered in English and she does not accept international clients.
What session formats are offered?
Please confirm current session formats before booking since the biography does not list specific options.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is in danger, use the crisis numbers.