Kelly O'Connell, LPC

Carlow University
MS, Professional Counseling

Kelly is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Certified Advanced Alcohol and Drug Counselor. After starting as a Counselor Aide in 2010 in a long-term intensive inpatient drug and alcohol and mental health treatment facility, she went on to earn her Master of Science in Professional Counseling from Carlow University in 2012.

With over 14 years of experience, Kelly’s professional career includes outpatient, inpatient, and halfway house settings. She has the advanced ability to build rapport with her clients quickly and offer a non-judgmental space where her client is met with unconditional positive regard to help them feel free to be themselves.

Kelly really enjoys working with new and expectant mothers and fathers on their parenthood journey. Kelly empowers new parent's to connect with their child(ren) in deep and meaningful ways. Parenthood is hard and Kelly understands that your experience as a new or expectant parent is important.

Kelly believes that we all possess the coping skills to work through life’s challenges, and she truly enjoys working with her clients to help them discover what their own coping skills are and how to use them by using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy.