Kellie Foster, LMHC, LCMHC

Kellie Foster is a licensed mental health counselor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and life transitions. She works with individuals seeking clearer priorities, stronger coping skills, and steadier self-esteem. Kellie offers a calm, conversational style and treats sessions as a partnership where the client's experience leads the way.

She uses tools from cognitive behavioral therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy to address unhelpful thinking and to build values-based action. Kellie also draws on client-centered and emotionally-focused approaches when relationships and connection are central concerns. Her methods are practical and tailored to each person instead of one-size-fits-all techniques.

Kellie has 13 years of experience and holds MA LMHC and NH LCMHC credentials. She practices from Florida and has worked with people dealing with caregiver stress, chronic illness and pain, cancer, adoption and foster care matters, fertility concerns, and aging and geriatric issues among other life challenges. She is familiar with the strains that accompany career shifts, blended family dynamics, and compassion fatigue.

Sessions emphasize clear goals, straightforward skills, and real-world actions clients can take between meetings. Kellie aims to reduce labeling and to help people reconnect with what matters to them. Her conversational way often makes difficult conversations feel more manageable.

To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule according to availability. Kellie supports people who want practical strategies alongside reflective work to create lasting change.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts without getting stuck in them and then choose actions that reflect their values. It is often useful for anxiety, life transitions, and finding direction when things feel uncertain.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying patterns of thinking and behavior that keep problems going and replacing them with more helpful habits. It is practical and goal-oriented, and commonly used for anxiety, depression, and stress management.

Client-Centered Therapy centers the client's perspective and builds a trusting relationship so people feel heard while they work through change. This approach supports self-exploration and helps clients decide what matters most to them.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to determine which methods fit their goals, needs, and preferences. That may mean combining techniques across approaches and adjusting as progress is made.

Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life by removing travel time and allowing more flexible scheduling. It can also support shorter check-ins or phone-friendly options when bandwidth or a quieter setting is needed. Confirm the specific session formats offered before booking so arrangements match practical needs and daily routines.