Kelly Peters, LCPC
Illinois · 35 years in practice
Kelly Peters is a licensed clinical professional counselor with 35 years of experience helping people through major life challenges.
License and registration
- LCPC, Illinois
- 180.002099 · expires March 2027
- NPI
- 1588732408 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 35
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Kelly
Kelly Peters is a licensed clinical professional counselor with 35 years of experience helping people through major life challenges. She offers a steady, respectful presence and focuses on practical steps people can use right away. Her style feels collaborative and down-to-earth to make it easier to talk about hard things.
Kelly has worked with a wide range of concerns, including depression, anxiety, grief and loss, trauma, addiction, codependency, and relationship strain.
Background and approach
She also supports people facing career changes, caregiver stress, chronic illness, and questions about identity and intimacy. She draws on many years of practice to match help to each person’s situation. Her approach blends Emotionally-Focused Therapy with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, client-centered methods, cognitive behavioral techniques, and elements of dialectical behavior therapy.
In sessions she listens for what matters most to the client, helps name emotions, and teaches skills to manage distress. She aims to make therapy concrete and useful rather than abstract. Kelly tailors each plan to the individual or couple, focusing on clear goals and steps between sessions.
She also brings experience with crisis intervention, employee assistance programs, and group work. That background informs her practical, problem-solving orientation. People who choose her often want steady guidance through loss, addiction, relationship shifts, or major life transitions.
She invites clients to take the next step at their own pace while she offers support and tools to move forward.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Kelly lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Depression
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Kelly names
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Approaches that guide online sessions
Kelly often uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy to help people identify and shift unhelpful interaction patterns and stronger emotions that keep them stuck. EFT is useful for improving closeness, reducing blame, and helping people feel understood in relationships.She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help clients notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting ruled by them, and to clarify values that guide meaningful action. ACT works well for anxiety, depression, and transitions when people want tools to move toward what matters despite discomfort.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Kelly will listen to your goals and preferences and suggest which methods to try. That process is collaborative and may change as needs evolve, with clear check-ins about whether the approach feels helpful.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is helpful for deeper conversations and seeing nonverbal cues, phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and messaging or live chat can fit quick check-ins or brief skills practice. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to keep momentum between live sessions.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns does this therapist address?
Kelly works with many problems such as depression, anxiety, grief, trauma, addiction, relationship and family issues, caregiving stress, and life transitions.
What is the general therapy style and approach?
Her style is warm and collaborative. She blends Emotionally-Focused Therapy, acceptance and commitment ideas, client-centered listening, cognitive-behavioral strategies, and dialectical tools to suit each person's needs.
How much experience does the therapist have?
She has 35 years of clinical experience across individual, couples, family, and group work, including crisis intervention and employee assistance programs.
Where is the therapist licensed and based?
Kelly holds an IL LCPC and practices in Illinois.
What languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with this therapist?
International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available online?
Sessions can be done by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How does cost and getting started work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
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