Therapist profile
Kelly Decker, LPC
Virginia
Licensed Professional Counselor - Anxiety and Relationship concerns
Continue with KellyWhere Kelly stands
- Credentials
- LPC
- License
- LPC, Virginia / 0701015259
- NPI
- 1740850700
- Experience
- 10 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- Virginia
About
- Anxiety and depression
- Relationship strain
- LGBT support
About Kelly
Kelly Decker is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Virginia with 10 years of clinical experience. She works with adults who face anxiety, depression, relationship strain, trauma and abuse, and stress. Kelly also supports people navigating identity questions, including those in the LGBT community, and those dealing with codependency concerns.
She aims for practical, interactive sessions. Conversations focus on what is happening now and on small changes that fit daily life. Kelly uses familiar approaches such as cognitive-behavioral ideas and relational perspectives to help people change unhelpful habits and patterns.
Kelly has experience with trauma and emotional abuse and often helps people manage panic, post-traumatic stress, and overwhelming worry. She also addresses attachment concerns, body image, caregiver stress, and issues around sexuality and gender dysphoria. Her work includes attention to situations involving domestic violence and infidelity when an individual brings those concerns.
Although she mentions nature-based and animal-assisted approaches in her background, virtual sessions can still include elements from those interests when appropriate and discussed together. Sessions aim to be collaborative, with the person deciding goals and pace.
People who are worn out from always putting others first may find the focus is on clearer boundaries, reducing people-pleasing, and recognizing patterns that keep them stuck. Kelly encourages steady, manageable steps rather than quick fixes. To begin, readers are asked to use the online matching tools to schedule an initial session.
How sessions work
How therapeutic approaches guide online work
Kelly draws on cognitive-behavioral techniques to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try small behavior changes. That approach can be useful for anxiety, panic, and depressive patterns by offering concrete tools to test worry and break cycles.She also uses relational and humanistic ideas which focus on how current relationships and attachment patterns shape feelings and choices. This helps people who find themselves people-pleasing, losing boundaries, or repeating old relationship habits to name those patterns and practice new ways of relating.
Finding the best way to work together is part of the process. Kelly will review goals and preferences in early sessions and suggest approaches that fit the person’s needs. The plan is adjusted over time based on what helps most through conversation and simple exercises.
The biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm the exact options before booking. In general, online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. Therapists and licensed professionals can also adapt tools and exercises for use during virtual meetings so progress continues between sessions.
Areas of focus
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Experience
10+ years
Listed in
Virginia
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does Kelly focus on?
She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, and related topics such as codependency and attachment concerns.
How would sessions generally feel or be structured?
Sessions are interactive and practical, using conversational work and strategies from evidence-based approaches to address current problems and habits.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Kelly has 10 years of experience in clinical practice working with a range of concerns including trauma and emotional abuse.
What are her credentials and where is she located?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Virginia.
Does she offer sessions in other languages or accept international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are available?
The biography does not list specific session formats; confirm current online session options before booking.
How does pricing work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe at home, use the crisis and helpline numbers.