Darlene Kelly, LCSW

Darlene Kelly is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in Texas with 24 years of experience. She works with adults on issues such as anxiety, depression, relationship strain, addiction, and stress. She also supports people coping with grief, career changes, parenting concerns, and identity topics including LGBT issues.

Kelly listens without judgment and lets clients tell their story. She focuses on helping people describe what they are feeling and what they want to change. Sessions aim to clarify practical next steps rather than erase past experiences.

Her approach includes several evidence-based methods. She draws on cognitive behavioral strategies to notice and shift unhelpful thinking. She uses acceptance and commitment ideas to help people name values and take action toward them. Attachment-informed work appears when relationship patterns are part of the concern.

Therapy sessions are conversational and goal-oriented. She supports building skills for managing emotions, improving sleep and eating patterns, and reducing compulsive behaviors. For people facing caregiving stress, chronic illness, or aging-related worries, she focuses on realistic coping techniques.

Darlene also addresses issues such as body image, ADHD-related struggles, self-esteem, and intimacy-related concerns. She helps people explore work-life balance and decision points like career shifts or relationship transitions. To begin, she invites clients to describe where they are struggling and what a better week would look like.

How Darlene integrates therapy approaches for remote care