Kelly James-Fraser , LPC

Kelly James-Fraser is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Georgia with ten years of experience. She began her career in inpatient and forensic settings and later worked with veterans and young people. Kelly often meets people coming out of trauma, complex mental health challenges, and major life changes. She focuses on practical steps to reduce distress and improve day-to-day functioning.

She has worked in inpatient units with chronic mental illness and children in crisis. Her background includes providing therapy and parole evaluation for the Department of Corrections and participating in group private practice. That variety informs how she approaches safety, crisis, and complex presentations.

Kelly uses a person-centered style that keeps the client's priorities in focus. Sessions are solution-minded and tailored to each person. She blends tools from several approaches so sessions fit a client's needs and goals.

In the room she helps people handle anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, relationship strains, addiction concerns, and parenting stresses. She also supports those dealing with body image, attachment issues, ADHD, and compassion fatigue. Her work includes both short-term skills and longer-term therapeutic focus depending on what a client wants.

She offers sessions in English and provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. To begin, a prospective client completes a short matching questionnaire and schedules based on therapist availability.

How Kelly’s Approaches Translate to Online Therapy

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and shaping sessions around what matters to the client. In practice this means the therapist follows the client's lead and helps clarify goals and next steps. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, teaches practical skills to notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, which often helps with anxiety, depression, and stress. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, adds skills for emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and clearer communication when emotions run high.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Kelly will discuss options and adapt techniques to fit a client's needs, goals, and preferences. That collaboration helps decide whether a brief skills-focused plan or a longer process is a better match.

Online sessions offer flexibility and convenience. Video calls let people read tone and body language while meeting from wherever is easiest. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be a simpler check-in when a camera isn't needed. Live chat and text-based messaging provide shorter, on-the-go support and can be useful for brief updates or between-session check-ins. These options help people fit therapy into work, caregiving, or travel schedules while using approaches that match their concerns.