Kelly Harper, LCSW

Kelly Harper is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in Louisiana with 22 years of practice. She works with people who are managing stress, anxiety, anger, parenting strains, and depression. Her practice also addresses ADHD, relationship and family concerns, trauma and abuse, grief, and coping with life changes.

Kelly starts by listening to what matters most to each person. She treats clients as the experts on their own lives and builds on existing strengths. Sessions focus on practical steps and clear goals rather than long theory talks.

She uses approaches drawn from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Solution-Focused Therapy. That means she helps people notice patterns of thinking and behavior that fuel anger or anxiety, and then try small changes to get different results. She also helps people set short-term goals and identify concrete next steps to reduce stress or improve communication.

Her work includes supporting adults with caregiver stress, workplace issues, parenthood challenges, and concerns related to aging or intellectual disability. Kelly also addresses topics like forgiveness, guilt and shame, traumatic brain injury, and self-esteem when these come up in therapy.

Sessions are straightforward and goal-oriented. Kelly encourages practical skills people can use between meetings, such as breathing or thought-checking exercises, clearer ways to raise hard topics, and brief behavioral experiments to see what changes help. She guides each person toward realistic, manageable steps rather than quick fixes.

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