Darlene Kelly, LCSW
Therapist in Louisiana
Darlene Kelly is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 24 years of experience.
- License 4730, 57472, C10272 · Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi Expires August 2026, April 2028, April 2028
- NPI 1568627297 · national registry
- Experience and languages 24+ years in practice English
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About Darlene
Darlene Kelly is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 24 years of experience. She focuses on couples and individual concerns and offers a calm, listening presence for people who are nervous about reaching out. Darlene aims to create a space where clients can speak openly and begin to move forward at their own pace.
Her approach centers on relationship skills and emotional understanding. She draws on the Gottman Method to help partners identify patterns and rebuild connection.
Background and approach
She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Attachment-Based Therapy to help people clarify values, manage painful emotions, and strengthen close bonds. Darlene has worked across many life stages and common struggles. Areas she addresses include anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, addictions, and stress from caregiving or career changes.
She also supports people facing parenting challenges, intimacy-related concerns, body image, and sleep or eating difficulties. Sessions tend to be practical and conversational. Darlene listens, helps name difficult patterns, and introduces straightforward strategies people can try between meetings.
She emphasizes small steps that fit into busy lives and aims to help clients build skills for everyday moments. Located in Louisiana, Darlene meets with people in English and accepts international clients. Her work combines relational insight with down-to-earth tools to help people cope, heal, and make clearer choices.
Credentials
- LCSW (Louisiana)
- License 4730 · expires August 2026
- LCSW (Texas)
- License 57472 · expires April 2028
- LCSW (Mississippi)
- License C10272 · expires April 2028
- NPI
- 1568627297 · national provider identifier
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Focus areas and approaches
Everything Darlene lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Darlene names
- Gottman Method
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic Therapy
These are the approaches Darlene names on their own professional profile. Naming an approach is not evidence of training or certification in it, and this directory checks no training records. Ask directly if it matters to you.
Online support
Online relationship and behavior-focused therapy
Gottman Method work focuses on practical relationship skills. It helps partners spot repetitive patterns, improve communication, and practice exercises to rebuild connection. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) teaches how to notice difficult thoughts and feelings while taking action toward personal values, which can help with anxiety, depression, and life transitions. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early connection styles shape current relationships and helps people build more supported ways of relating.Picking the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, concerns, and what feels comfortable. Together they will choose methods that fit the client’s needs and can be adjusted as therapy progresses.
Online formats make getting help more flexible. Video calls let the therapist and client work face to face when schedules or travel make in-person sessions hard. Phone sessions are useful for shorter check-ins or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging offer quick, written ways to process thoughts between sessions. These options support steady progress while fitting therapy into busy lives.
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Frequently asked
What concerns does Darlene help with?
Darlene addresses a wide range of concerns including anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, parenting challenges, stress, career concerns, ADHD, and self-esteem problems.
What is the therapy style like?
Her style is conversational and practical. Sessions focus on listening, naming patterns, and introducing small skills people can use between meetings.
How much experience does the therapist have?
The therapist has 24 years of professional experience working with adults and couples across many life stages and challenges.
What are the therapist's credentials and location?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with credentials listed as TX LCSW and MS LCSW, and she practices from Louisiana.
Which languages and international options are available?
Sessions are offered in English, and the therapist accepts international clients.
What session formats are offered?
Therapy can be done via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How does cost and payment work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with this therapist?
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