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Kellye Laughery

Kellye Laughery, LMFT

Therapist in California

Compassionate, solution-focused therapy for relationships

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20 years of experience listed

LMFT professional credentials

English languages

  • Attachment-informed
  • Skill-based tools
  • Focus on self esteem

About Kellye

Kellye Laughery is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) in California who works with people facing stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, and low self esteem. She offers steady, practical help for life transitions, career questions, grief, and parenting strain. Her style is warm and solution-focused, with an emphasis on clear steps people can use between sessions.

With two decades of experience, she blends relational and skill-based methods to address common struggles. Kellye uses attachment-based ideas to look at how past bonds affect current connections. She also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to help people notice and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.

In sessions she centers the person's goals and preferences, listening first to what matters most. She helps people name patterns, practice alternative responses, and build habits that support everyday coping. Communication and intimacy issues are worked on with practical, specific exercises rather than abstract theories.

Her background includes long-term clinical work in California and focused support for people dealing with trauma, career change, and family complexity. Kellye draws on emotionally focused and Imago relationship methods when it fits the concern, especially around attachment and repeated conflict.

People who want a therapist who offers clear guidance and an empathic presence may find her approach helpful. To begin, visitors are asked to use the site's process to match and schedule a first visit according to availability.

How attachment and practical therapy translate to online sessions

Kellye commonly uses attachment-based ideas and cognitive behavioral techniques in her work. Attachment-based approaches look at how early bonds shape current relationships and help people notice patterns that repeat in close connections. Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on identifying thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going and practicing small changes that lead to different results.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. Kellye will talk with each person about goals and preferences, then recommend ways of working together that fit those aims. This is a collaborative effort where methods can be adjusted as needs evolve.

Confirm the session formats before booking since options were not specified in the therapist's biography. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, such as taking a meeting during a work break or avoiding travel time. It can also allow for shorter check-ins when people need brief support, or for using video when visual cues help the work. Licensed professionals can adapt attachment and CBT tools to remote work so sessions stay practical and focused on everyday change.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesFamily conflictsCoping with life changesCoaching

Also works with

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 approaches

Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Imago Relationship TherapyInternal Family Systems

Experience

20+ years

Credentials

California

Languages

English

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does she address?

She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and family issues, parenting strain, career decisions, self esteem, and related concerns.

What is her general approach in sessions?

Her work is supportive and solution-focused. She listens first, then uses practical steps people can try between sessions.

How much clinical experience does she have?

She has about 20 years of experience practicing as a therapist in California.

What are her credentials and where is she based?

She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT, practicing in California.

Which languages are supported for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English.

Can people outside the U.S. work with her?

She is not accepting international clients at this time.

How does payment and cost work?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working together?

Choose the continue button on this profile, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a session according to the therapist's availability.

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