Dr. Keley Smith-Keller
Experienced counselor blending narrative and solution work
- Credentials
- LPC
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed in
- South Dakota
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Keley
Dr. Keley Smith-Keller is a licensed professional counselor in South Dakota with three decades of experience. She draws on a master's degree in counseling and a doctorate in adult and higher education.
Her background includes career counseling and supporting adults as they adjust to school, relationships, and anxiety. She focuses on practical questions and simple tools that move people forward. Her style mixes narrative and solution-focused work, helping clients name the future they want and take small steps toward it.
Background and approach
She also uses writing and the chat space to help people reflect and track progress. Clients can expect straightforward conversation and collaborative planning. She asks questions that clarify values, goals, and workable next steps.
Sessions emphasize skills people can try between meetings. Dr. Smith-Keller brings career development training to discussions about work, purpose, and transitions.
That background informs guidance about decisions and coping strategies for workplace stress and life change. Her approach suits people who prefer clear direction paired with reflective exercises. She encourages using writing as part of the process to deepen insight and support steady progress.
The aim is practical improvement one step at a time.
Approaches that fit online work and life demands
Dialectical Behavior Therapy, in this practice, focuses on building practical skills for managing strong emotions and reducing conflict. It teaches straightforward tools for distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and clearer communication, which can help when stress or anger feels overwhelming.Mindfulness Therapy encourages gentle attention to the present moment and helps people notice thoughts and feelings without getting swept away. This approach can reduce rumination and support coping with anxiety, transitions, and ongoing stress.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods match their needs, goals, and preferences. That may mean trying different techniques and combining elements from multiple approaches to see what helps most.
Online formats offer flexibility for people with busy schedules or limited local options. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions provide an easy audio option, and live chat or text-based messaging supports shorter check-ins or written reflection. These options make it simpler to use writing and chat as part of therapy, keep momentum between sessions, and fit care into a daily routine.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
Concrete skills for riding out strong emotion, tolerating distress, and handling relationships without things escalating. The skills are practised in daily life, so between-session support by message or phone fits naturally.
Mindfulness Therapy
Attention training: noticing thoughts and physical feelings as they arrive without being carried off by them. Much of it is practice you do yourself, so guidance over video or audio works much as it would in person.
Narrative Therapy
Looking at the story you have come to tell about yourself, and where it came from. The work is in separating the problem from your identity and finding accounts that fit you better.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
Also works with
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Coaching
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Life purpose
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- South Dakota
- Languages
- English
Next step
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