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Kelli Johnson, LCMHC, LPC

Calm, body-aware counseling for life transitions

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About Kelli

Kelli Johnson is a licensed professional counselor (LCMHC, LPC) practicing from Wyoming. She has eight years of clinical experience and brings a calm, practical approach to conversations about distressing life events. Kelli aims to meet people where they are and help them make usable changes one step at a time.

Her background blends talk-based work with body-focused practices. She uses Somatic methods alongside Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, attachment-informed ideas, client-centered listening, and existential questions.

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Background and approach

Kelli also draws on mindfulness, breath work, narrative techniques, and reading recommendations when they fit a person's needs. In sessions she treats problems such as anxiety, depression, grief, stress, addictions, and difficulties with intimacy or relationships. She also helps people struggling with body image, caregiver stress, codependency, and life transitions like divorce or midlife questions.

The focus is on practical skills and clearer perspective rather than labels. She describes the counseling relationship as a collaboration. Clients set goals and she offers tools, choices, and gentle challenge.

Work may include exploring the story a person tells themselves, noticing how the body holds emotion, and trying small actions that support values and coping. Kelli presents herself as warm and straightforward. Conversations are paced to the individual's comfort.

The aim is to build resilience, increase self-compassion, and create more intentional movement through life.

Approaches that work with body and meaning online

Somatic-informed work pays attention to how feelings show up in the body. It uses gentle movement, breath awareness, and noticing physical sensations to help reduce tension and increase presence. This can help with anxiety, stress, and trauma-related symptoms that feel stuck in the body.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on identifying what matters to a person and taking small steps toward those values. It offers simple exercises to reduce avoidance and build committed action, which can help with depression, worry, and life transitions. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns of connection people learned early on and how those patterns affect current relationships. It helps people understand relational habits and try new ways of relating that feel safer and more satisfying.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that fit their needs, goals, and comfort level. Sessions can combine talking, mindfulness, body-based exercises, and practical homework as needed.

Online therapy makes those choices easier to access. Video calls offer a face-to-face feel, phone sessions provide flexibility, and live chat or text messaging can support check-ins and short coaching between sessions. These options let people fit therapy into busy schedules and continue work from wherever they are.
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Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does Kelli address?
She works with anxiety, depression, grief, stress, addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting and family concerns, and related areas such as body image, caregiver stress, and codependency.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style blends body-centered work with talk therapy. Sessions use practical skills, breath work, storytelling, and values-based actions to help people manage symptoms and make choices that align with their goals.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has eight years of experience working as a counselor and has combined that time with additional practices like yoga-informed body work and mindfulness techniques.
Where is Kelli licensed to practice?
She holds credentials LCMHC and LPC with license details VT LCMHC 068.0136368 and WY LPC LPC-1826 and is based in Wyoming.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Sessions may take place via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on the chosen format.
How are fees and payments handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with Kelli?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.