Kelly Gulat, LPC

Kelly Gulat is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Virginia with 11 years of counseling experience. She focuses on helping people navigate stress, anxiety, grief, depression, trauma, and questions about identity. Kelly takes a straightforward, human approach and encourages practical steps toward clearer goals and better day-to-day functioning.

Kelly believes people are whole and complex, so she looks at many life areas that affect wellbeing. Sessions often cover relationships, communication, boundaries, confidence, and career matters. She also works with issues like parenting, sleep problems, compassion fatigue, and living with chronic illness.

Her counseling style centers on listening and collaboration. She aims to build a space where clients can speak honestly without judgment. Together they set small, manageable goals and try methods that fit each person’s life.

Kelly uses a mix of client-centered work, cognitive behavioral ideas, dialectical behavior tools, existential questions, and mindfulness practices. These approaches are used to help people manage strong emotions, shift unhelpful thoughts, and strengthen daily coping skills.

People often come for help with relationship and intimacy-related issues, attachment and abandonment concerns, body image, codependency, and major life changes like separation or divorce. Kelly also supports those dealing with bipolar disorder, ADHD, and other complex or co-occurring challenges.

If someone is ready to begin, Kelly asks them to start by completing the site’s short matching questionnaire and then schedule a session according to availability.

How Kelly's Approaches Translate to Online Work

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and building a respectful, nonjudgmental relationship. It helps people clarify values, make choices, and feel understood. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts and behaviors affect feelings and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, and stress. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers concrete tools for managing intense emotions and improving interpersonal effectiveness; it is helpful when emotions feel overwhelming.

Finding the right approach is a team effort. Kelly collaborates with each client to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and daily life. She adapts techniques over time and checks in to see what is working and what needs to change.

Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week and reduce travel time. Please confirm the current session options before booking, as specific formats are set by the therapist. Many people appreciate being able to schedule appointments around work, use shorter check-ins when needed, or choose ways of meeting that match their comfort with video and audio. Licensed professionals can guide clients in choosing an arrangement that helps them make steady progress.