Lora Kelley
You deserve a life that feels like yours again. Lora is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with more than 30 years of experience helping individuals and families find healing, resilience, and purpose. She is trained in Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART), a trauma‑focused modality that supports clients in transforming distressing experiences through imagery, reconsolidation, and emotional processing. Lora believes that healing and growth happen through connection, curiosity, and self‑discovery.
First session
Your first session focuses on getting to know you and understanding what brings you in. We’ll talk through your goals, your history, and any immediate concerns so I can get a clear picture of how to support you. I’ll explain how therapy works, answer any questions, and together we’ll decide on a direction that feels comfortable and helpful. By the end, you’ll have a sense of what our work will look like and the next steps moving forward.
Strengths
Lora offers a grounded, trauma‑informed therapeutic space where clients feel safe, understood, and supported. She combines clear, structured communication with deep attunement, helping clients navigate complex emotions with confidence. Her balanced approach—warm empathy paired with gentle accountability—creates a collaborative environment that fosters meaningful insight and lasting change. She is trained in Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART), a trauma‑focused modality that supports clients in transforming distressing experiences through imagery, reconsolidation, and emotional processing.
Ideal clients
Lora works with adult women and men experiencing a variety of concerns, including life transitions, relationship challenges, anxiety, depression, self-esteem issues, college and student-related challenges, parenting stress, divorce and family concerns, recovery-related issues, grief and loss, anger management, and trauma. She is particularly passionate about empowering women, helping men strengthen their sense of self, and supporting clients as they build healthier relationships and more fulfilling lives.
Treatment methods
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
I incorporate Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) in my practice because it offers clients practical, evidence‑based tools to understand and shift the patterns that keep them feeling stuck. CBT helps make the connection between thoughts, emotions, and behaviors clearer, allowing clients to build insight while also learning skills they can use in daily life.
Motivational Interviewing
I use Motivational Interviewing in my daily therapy work because it supports clients in exploring their own motivations for change, honors their autonomy, and helps them move toward goals in a way that feels authentic and self‑directed.
Trauma Informed Care
I use trauma‑informed care in my therapy practice because it creates a safe, empowering environment where clients feel understood, respected, and in control of their healing. Trauma‑informed care helps me recognize the impact of past experiences, avoid re‑traumatization, and support clients with compassion, collaboration, and choice. Lora is trained in Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART), a trauma‑focused, evidence‑based modality that uses eye movements and imagery to help clients reduce symptoms quickly and safely.
Location
Virtual sessions
Identifies as
Spiritual but not religious
White
Woman
Top specialties
Anxiety
Depression
Life Transitions
Serves
Adults (18 to 64)
Elders (65 and above)
Individual Therapy
Doesn't specialize in
Autism
Bipolar Disorder
Child or Adolescent
Couples Counseling
Crisis Intervention
Dissociative Disorders
Eating Disorders
Fertility & Reproduction Issues
Foster Care/Adoption
High Clinical Acuity
Learning Disabilities
Medication Management
Mood Disorders
Perinatal Mental Health
Personality Disorders
Phobias
Self-Harming
Serious Mental Illness
Sex Addiction
Sex Therapy
Licensed in
MinnesotaLicense 2201