Kelly Peters, LCPC
Illinois · 35 years in practice
Kelly Peters is a licensed counselor with 35 years of experience helping people facing life changes, loss, addiction, anxiety, and relationship strain.
License and registration
- LCPC, Illinois
- 180.002099 · expires March 2027
- NPI
- 1588732408 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 35
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Kelly
Kelly Peters is a licensed counselor with 35 years of experience helping people facing life changes, loss, addiction, anxiety, and relationship strain. She meets people where they are, offering a warm and respectful approach that focuses on practical steps and personal insight. Kelly centers the conversation on a person’s goals and daily challenges so sessions feel useful from the start.
Her work draws on Jungian therapy alongside cognitive-behavioral and acceptance-based methods.
Background and approach
She uses talk, reflection, and simple behavioral practices to help people manage stress, grief, and symptoms of depression or trauma. Sessions are collaborative and paced to each person’s needs. Kelly’s background includes broad clinical work across individual, couples, family, and group settings.
She has also provided employee assistance, crisis intervention, and critical incident debriefing. Over the years she has supported people with addiction, codependency, family of origin concerns, caregiving stress, chronic illness, and identity questions. In session she adapts techniques to the issue at hand, combining thought work, values-based strategies, and emotional processing.
Clients can expect straightforward tools to cope with intense emotions, communication patterns to improve relationships, and deeper exploration when people want meaning or growth. Kelly works from Illinois and conducts sessions in English. She tailors a plan with each person and adjusts as progress is made.
If someone is ready to change, she offers steady guidance and practical next steps.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Kelly lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Depression
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Kelly names
- Jungian Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How therapeutic approaches shape online sessions
Jungian therapy focuses on meaning, symbols, and life narrative. In online sessions this can look like talking through recurring dreams, personal themes, or life transitions to uncover deeper patterns and sources of meaning. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, emphasizes clarifying values and taking small committed actions. Online ACT work often uses short exercises and real-world behavioral experiments to reduce avoidance and increase valued living.Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work collaboratively to choose methods that match a person’s goals, preferences, and daily life. That might mean starting with structured CBT-style tools for immediate symptoms, then adding Jungian reflection for longer-term meaning work.
Online formats offer practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and guided therapeutic exercises. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for brief check-ins, practicing skills, or keeping momentum between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, and other responsibilities while still using evidence-informed approaches.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of problems does Kelly address?
She helps people with addiction, trauma and abuse, grief, low self-esteem, anxiety, depression, relationship and family issues, parenting strain, and related concerns listed in her specialties.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is warm, respectful, and collaborative. Sessions combine talk, practical tools, and reflective work tailored to each person.
What experience does she bring to therapy?
Kelly has 35 years of clinical experience across individual, couples, family, and group settings, plus work in EAP services and crisis intervention.
What are her credentials and where is she located?
She holds an Illinois Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor credential, abbreviated LCPC, and practices from Illinois.
Can I work with her if I live outside the U.S.?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats are available online?
She meets via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How does pricing work for sessions?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability and services 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, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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