Kelly Haught, LPC

Kelly Haught is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 24 years of experience. She focuses on helping people who feel stuck by offering calm, practical guidance for day-to-day struggles. Her approach centers on listening first and helping clients make changes that feel realistic for their lives.

Kelly uses straightforward cognitive-based techniques to help spot and change unhelpful thinking patterns. She pairs that work with unconditional positive regard and supportive counseling so people feel heard while they try new ways of coping. Sessions emphasize building simple skills for managing stress, mood, sleep, and impulse control.

Many clients come for help with anxiety, depression, midlife transitions, relationship strain, or struggles with identity and LGBT-related concerns. She also supports people managing grief, trauma and abuse, caregiving stress, ADHD, and issues tied to substance use or eating and food-related difficulties.

Her work includes practical problem solving and mindfulness practices that are easy to use between sessions. She helps people set clear goals, notice small changes, and keep what works. Progress is treated as a step-by-step process rather than a quick fix.

Kelly aims to create a respectful, down-to-earth atmosphere where clients lead the pace of change. She invites people to bring real concerns and everyday obstacles, and to try skills that fit their routines. If someone wants collaborative, goal-focused support, Kelly offers steady, experienced guidance in Tennessee.

Approaches used during online sessions

Client-centered therapy places the client and their priorities at the center of each session. The therapist listens closely, reflects what she hears, and helps people clarify their goals and values so the work feels personal and relevant.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with real-life experiments. This approach helps with anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and impulsive behaviors by teaching clear strategies to change thoughts and habits.

Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and improve focus. It can be helpful for stress management, insomnia, and staying grounded during big life changes.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the process. Kelly will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. She adapts techniques as people notice what helps and what does not, so therapy stays practical and goal-focused.

Confirm the current online session options before booking, as formats are not specified here. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It also lets people try mindfulness and CBT exercises together with the therapist from wherever they are able to join.