Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
How Gale works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LMHC
- Licensed in
- Florida
- Years in practice
- 18
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Gale
Dr. Gale Kelley greets visitors with a direct, calm style that aims to put worried parents at ease. She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) in Florida with 18 years of experience.
Her practice focuses on practical steps people can use right away to reduce stress and manage difficult emotions like anger. She uses short, focused sessions that leave people with at least one useful tool at the end.
Background and approach
Clients work together with her to set clear goals and track progress. She values straightforward explanations and teaches skills that can be practiced between meetings. Her approach blends Attachment-Based ideas and Client-Centered care with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Solution-Focused techniques.
That means she pays attention to how relationships shape feelings, listens for each person’s priorities, and helps change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Trauma-Focused methods are also part of her toolbox for people coping with past abuse or loss. Practical assessment tools are used early on to pinpoint areas affecting daily life.
After an initial questionnaire, she and the client agree on goals and a plan. Sessions aim to build skills for emotion regulation, communication, and coping with big life changes. Dr.
Kelley emphasizes collaboration and education. She often offers psychoeducation so people better understand why they react the way they do. The goal is steady progress, with concrete takeaways that make everyday situations easier to handle.
She offers sessions in English and works with people across a wide range of concerns including anxiety, depression, grief, addiction, parenting strain, and anger management. International clients may be accepted for online work.
What Gale works with
Everything Gale lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Gale's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
- Addictions
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Gale lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches and online options that fit your life
Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early and current relationships shape feelings and behavior. In practice this means looking at patterns in close relationships and helping people develop more supported ways of relating and managing strong emotions like anger or fear.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is about noticing unhelpful thoughts and testing them with real-life experiments. It teaches concrete skills to change thinking and behavior that contribute to anxiety, depression, or distress from life changes.
Finding the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences, then try approaches that match those needs. Together they monitor progress and adjust methods if something isn’t working well.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when that is helpful. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or a camera isn’t desired. Live chat and text messaging make it easier to check in between sessions or fit brief coaching into a busy day.
Questions people ask about Gale
What problems does she help with?
She helps people facing stress, anxiety, anger, depression, grief, addictions, parenting strain, relationship and intimacy concerns, and coping with life changes.
What is her therapeutic style like?
The style is collaborative and practical, with a mix of listening, teaching, and skill practice aimed at producing useful takeaways each session.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She brings 18 years of professional experience as a mental health clinician working with individuals across many concerns.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) and practices in Florida.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English, and she accepts international clients for online work.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be conducted via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How does pricing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.