Luretha Kelly
Practical support for stress, parenting, and relationships
- Credentials
- LICSW, LCSW
- Experience
- 16 years
- Licensed in
- Mississippi, District of Columbia
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Luretha
Luretha Kelly is a licensed social worker who focuses on practical help for people facing stress, anxiety, depression, parenting struggles, and relationship or intimacy concerns. She writes plainly and meets people where they are. Luretha encourages clients to use their own strengths and values to move toward change.
She frames seeking help as a brave first step and offers steady support along the way. Luretha holds LICSW (licensed independent clinical social worker) and LCSW (licensed clinical social worker) credentials and brings 16 years of professional experience.
Background and approach
She has worked with concerns that often follow trauma and abuse, including anger, coping with life changes, compassion fatigue, and addictions. Other common areas she addresses include self-esteem, sleep problems, bipolar symptoms, ADHD, and career-related stress. Her approach blends straightforward, skills-based methods with mindfulness and values work.
She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to spot and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Dialectical Behavior Therapy tools help with emotional regulation and distress tolerance. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and mindfulness practices support clearer choices based on what matters most.
Luretha offers sessions in English and sees clients in Mississippi while also accepting international clients. Appointments are available through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Costs vary by location and are handled through a cancellable subscription model.
To begin, a person selects the Start Therapy button, completes a short matching questionnaire, and schedules according to therapist availability. Luretha aims to partner with clients to find practical steps that fit their life and goals.
Approaches that translate well to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice what matters to them and take small actions in that direction. It uses simple exercises to build values-driven choices and can reduce avoidance that keeps problems stuck. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches clear skills to change patterns that cause distress. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, sleep issues, and many day-to-day struggles. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers concrete tools for managing intense emotions and improving communication. Techniques include mindfulness, distress tolerance, and skills for regulating feelings.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will listen to concerns, goals, and preferences, then suggest methods to try. Clients and the therapist adjust the plan together as progress is made or priorities change, so the process stays collaborative and practical.
Online sessions can be done by video call, phone session, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit busy family schedules and varied needs. These formats make it easier to keep therapy consistent when life gets hectic and let people use the style of communication that works best for them. Licensed professionals can guide skills practice, track progress, and offer support across these options.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Less about arguing with difficult thoughts, more about loosening their grip and acting on what matters to you anyway. Values and committed action carry the work, which suits conversation at a distance.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.
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.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
- Self esteem
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 16 years
- Licensed
- Mississippi, District of Columbia
- Languages
- English
Next step
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