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Kellye Laughery, LMFT

California LMFT for relationships and transitions
  • Stress and anxiety
  • Family and relationships
  • Career and life coaching

About Kellye Laughery

Kellye Laughery is a California licensed LMFT with 20 years of clinical experience supporting people through stress, anxiety, relationship and family challenges, life transitions, and career coaching. As a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist - LMFT - she combines a supportive, solution-focused stance with practical strategies to help clients identify goals and move toward measurable change.

Her work emphasizes creating a nonjudgmental space where individuals and families can explore feelings, patterns, and communication, and she adapts interventions to each person’s circumstances. She draws from a range of evidence-informed approaches, including acceptance and commitment work, attachment-focused methods, client-centered techniques, cognitive behavioral strategies, and skills from dialectical behavior therapy to address issues such as parenting and blended family dynamics, grief and intimacy concerns, depression, and trauma-related stress.

Kellye brings a compassionate, goal-oriented perspective to therapy and coaching, guiding clients through difficult transitions and helping them develop tools for coping and growth. She acknowledges the courage it takes to begin therapy and partners with people to pursue meaningful, sustainable change.

Areas of Expertise

Primary Focus

Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesFamily conflictsCoping with life changesCoaching

Also Specializes In

GriefIntimacy-related issuesParenting issuesSelf esteemCareer difficultiesDepression

Additional Focus Areas

Attachment issuesBlended family issuesCommitment issuesCommunication problemsCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDivorce and separationEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsIsolation / lonelinessLife purposeMidlife crisisVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesPost-traumatic stressSelf-harmSelf-loveWomen's issuesWorkplace issues

Therapeutic Approach

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) Attachment-Based Therapy Client-Centered Therapy Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) Gottman Method Imago Relationship Therapy Internal Family Systems

Frequently Asked Questions

How much experience does Kellye Laughery have?

Kellye Laughery has 20 years of experience.

Is Kellye Laughery a licensed therapist?

Yes. She holds the LMFT credential. LMFT stands for Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. License details: CA LMFT 49206.

In which languages does Kellye Laughery provide therapy?

She provides therapy in English.

Where is Kellye Laughery located?

She is located in California.

How can I work with Kellye Laughery as my therapist?

You can work with Kellye Laughery through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.

Does Kellye Laughery work with international clients?

Kellye Laughery does not currently work with international clients.

How much does therapy with Kellye Laughery cost?

The cost of therapy can vary depending on factors such as your location and the therapist's availability. Sessions are billed through a subscription that can be canceled at any time, for any reason. For current details, just click the "Start Therapy" button on this page.

How can I get started with therapy?

Getting started with therapy is quick and straightforward. Just click the "Start Therapy" button and complete a short questionnaire that helps match you with your therapist. Depending on availability, you can then schedule your first session, which may take place by phone, video call, live chat, or in-app messaging.

Therapeutic Approaches Online with Kellye Laughery

Kellye Laughery uses several practical approaches to guide online work, tailoring methods to each person’s needs. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people clarify personal values and accept difficult thoughts and feelings while taking action toward meaningful life goals. It is often helpful for stress, anxiety, and navigating life transitions.

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early and current relationship patterns affect present-day connections. This approach supports people working through intimacy issues, family conflicts, and attachment-related concerns by improving understanding and relational skills.

Kellye treats selecting the right approach as a collaborative process. She works with each client to learn about their goals, preferences, and challenges, then blends techniques from different models to create an individualized plan that feels like a good fit.

Online therapy offers practical benefits for this work. Video calls allow face-to-face connection and real-time feedback, phone sessions provide a simpler way to talk when video is not practical, and live chat or text-based messaging can help maintain momentum between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to access consistent support from licensed professionals regardless of location.

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