Madeline Lucille "Lucy" Kelley, LPC

Madeline Lucille "Lucy" Kelley is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 20 years of experience. She offers straightforward help for relationship strain, low self-esteem, career frustration, coping with life changes, addictions, grief, anger, depression, and intimacy-related concerns. Lucy also focuses on codependency, communication problems, divorce and separation, and issues that affect women and workplace functioning.

Clients can expect conversations that are direct and practical. Sessions look at what is working, what gets in the way, and small steps to change patterns that cause repeated strain. She uses clear techniques drawn from cognitive behavioral and acceptance-based methods alongside mindfulness and solution-focused tools.

Lucy draws on two decades of clinical work and years of teaching and advising. She served eight years on the Michigan Counseling Licensure Board. She has been adjunct faculty at Michigan State University and John Brown University, and has lectured at Eastern Michigan University.

In sessions she encourages straightforward goal setting and regular check-ins on progress. People who have struggled to say no, who find themselves putting others first at their expense, or who feel stuck after loss or life change may find working on boundaries, communication habits, and self-directed goals useful.

Practical concerns such as coping skills, managing difficult emotions, and improving workplace interactions are covered alongside deeper themes like guilt, shame, and self-love. Lucy frames therapy as problem-solving plus values work, helping people make choices that fit the life they want.

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