Kelly Clyde , LMHC

Kelly Clyde is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) based in New York. She helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship challenges, low self-esteem, and changes in life. Kelly also supports people facing addiction, grief, parenting strain, intimacy concerns, career stress, and issues common to LGBT clients. Her style is direct and compassionate, aimed at making therapy feel approachable and useful from the first session.

Kelly keeps sessions practical and focused. She uses tools from cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and change patterns that cause pain. Mindfulness and motivational interviewing are added when someone needs help building awareness or finding internal motivation to change.

Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented. Kelly works with each person to set clear, manageable steps and to practice new skills between sessions. She pays attention to how attachment, abandonment, or communication problems shape relationships and daily life.

Her background includes five years of clinical experience in New York as an LMHC. That experience has included helping people navigate substance concerns, eating and body image struggles, caregiver stress, and the fallout of separation or divorce. Kelly aims to help clients make steady, realistic progress.

People who choose Kelly can expect a collaborative approach. She helps clients identify priorities, test small changes, and build stronger routines for sleep, self-care, and coping. Progress is paced to match each person’s needs and readiness to change.

How therapeutic approaches are used in online sessions

Kelly draws on cognitive behavioral therapy to help people identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors that feed anxiety and depression. CBT sessions often include practical exercises and homework to test new ways of thinking and behaving.

She also uses dialectical behavior therapy skills to teach emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and better interpersonal communication. DBT tools can be useful when strong emotions or relationship patterns make everyday functioning harder.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Kelly will talk with each person about their goals, symptoms, and preferences, and then recommend techniques to try. Plans are adjusted as progress is tracked and new needs emerge.

Online therapy offers flexibility for people with busy schedules or limited local options. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation; phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a simpler check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging can support short check-ins, coaching between sessions, or people who prefer written communication. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or travel routines while keeping the focus on practical skill-building and steady progress.