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Kelly Brown

Committed, practical, and person-centered care

LCSW Connecticut

Experience
10 years in practice
Focus areas
Stress, Anxiety, Addictions, Relationship
Approaches
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Attachment-Based Therapy
Languages
English
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About Kelly

Kelly Brown is a licensed clinical social worker who draws on a decade of clinical experience to help people navigate addiction, mood concerns, and relationship struggles.

Background and approach

She centers Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) within an integrative framework, adapting evidence-informed techniques to address anxiety, depression, binge eating concerns, substance use, and related patterns that affect daily functioning. Her practice emphasizes practical skills alongside exploration of underlying dynamics.

Kelly tailors care to each person rather than applying a single method to everyone. She blends attachment-focused work and dialectical skills where helpful, and brings narrative and existential perspectives to questions about meaning, identity, and life transitions.

That flexible approach extends to issues such as grief, intimacy-related difficulties, parenting challenges, body image, trauma and abuse, and compassion fatigue.

Based in Connecticut, she maintains a warm, relatable style shaped in part by her own recent life changes as a spouse and parent, and she aims to collaborate with clients to build strategies that fit their strengths and goals.

Online Therapy Grounded in Practical, Relationship-Focused Methods

Kelly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help clients identify unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns and to build concrete skills for managing anxiety, mood, and eating-related challenges. Attachment-Based Therapy is part of her toolkit for exploring relational patterns and how early attachments influence current relationships and emotional responses. Dialectical Behavior Therapy contributes emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness skills that are useful for managing intense emotions and improving day-to-day coping.

Choosing an approach happens together in therapy; she works collaboratively with clients to determine which combination of methods best fits their concerns, strengths, and goals. That process may include trying skills-based CBT tools, exploring attachment themes, or integrating dialectical techniques as needs evolve, and adjustments are made based on feedback and progress.

Online formats offer flexibility to fit therapy into busy lives. Sessions can take place via video calls or phone for live conversations, and live chat or text-based messaging can support between-session check-ins and skill practice. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care while accessing a licensed professional from different locations and schedules.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Kelly commonly address in therapy?
She works with a broad range of issues including stress, anxiety, addictions, depression, eating and body image concerns, trauma and abuse, grief, relationship and intimacy-related problems, parenting and career stresses, and compassion fatigue.
What therapeutic style can a client expect during sessions?
The practice uses an integrative, CBT-informed approach combined with attachment-based and DBT strategies when appropriate, prioritizing practical skills and exploration to match individual needs and goals.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Kelly has been working in behavioral health for 10 years, with substantial focus on substance use and addictive disorders as well as mood and eating-related concerns.
What are Kelly's credentials and where is she based?
She holds an LCSW credential listed as CT LCSW 009915 and practices from Connecticut.
Are sessions available in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English, and she does accept international clients.
Which session formats does she offer for therapy?
Clients can choose video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging as available session formats.
How is cost structured for ongoing sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What steps are needed to begin working with her?
To get started select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyAddictionsRelationship issuesEating disordersDepression

Also works with

LGBTFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseGriefIntimacy-related issuesSleeping disordersParenting issuesSelf esteemCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderCoping with life changesCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

Attachment issuesBlended family issuesBody imageCommunication problemsDivorce and separationDrug and alcohol addictionEating and food-related issuesFamily problemsLife purposePanic disorder and panic attacksPostpartum depressionPregnancy and childbirthSelf-loveWomen's issues

Therapeutic approaches

Attachment-Based TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Existential TherapyNarrative Therapy

Experience

10+ years

Licensed

Connecticut

Languages

English