Kelli Smith

Kelli Smith is a licensed professional counselor practicing in Louisiana and Texas. She holds professional counseling licenses in both states (LA LPC 6266 and TX LPC 82250) and brings 10 years of clinical experience to her work.

She has worked with more than 500 families addressing a range of mental health and socio-economic concerns and provides counseling to children, adolescents, and adults. Kelli is trained in Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and is actively pursuing certification in that approach. She is also the author of more than eight books on topics such as anxiety, organization, communication, faith, and boundary-setting.

Kelli’s clinical interests include stress, anxiety, relationship issues, depression, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, anger management, self-esteem, career difficulties, coping with life changes, coaching, and ADHD. Her counseling style is warm and supportive, focused on building a professional relationship and creating a safe space for clients to share their concerns. She treats people with respect, sensitivity, and compassion and does not rely on stigmatizing labels.

Her approach blends cognitive-behavioral, client-centered, integrative, and rational-emotive methods, and she routinely uses evidence-based techniques such as cognitive-behavioral therapy, mindfulness, and solution-focused counseling. Kelli begins where each person is and tailors treatment to individual needs while remaining attentive to how cultural identities and lifestyle choices shape the therapeutic process.

Collaboration is central to her work - she partners with clients to set concrete goals and outline practical steps to address current difficulties. Kelli offers both brief therapy - typically eight weeks or less - and longer-term therapy of three months or more, depending on the presenting concerns.