About Kelly Charest

Kelly Charest is a Registered Mental Health Intern with a Master’s in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Liberty University. Based in Jacksonville, she works with children, teens, and young adults facing depression, anxiety, life transitions, relationships, self-esteem, and goal-setting.

Kelly uses evidence-based treatments like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Child-Centered Play Therapy to help clients build coping skills and rediscover their inner strength. She believes that self-awareness and acceptance drive genuine change and is committed to fostering transformative connections in the therapy process.

Specialties & Experience

  • Lesbian

  • Life Coach

  • Life Transition

  • Marital/Prenatal

  • Mood Disorder

  • Obsessive Complusive Disorder

  • Oppositional Defiance

  • Parenting

  • Peer Relationships

  • Personality Disorder

  • Pregnancy

  • Prenatal

  • Postpartum

  • Relationship Issues

  • School Issues

  • Self Harming

  • Self Esteem

  • Sexuality

  • Stress

  • Suicidal Ideation

  • Teen Violence

  • Trauma & PTSD

  • Women’s Issues

  • Child-Parent Psychotherapy

  • Circle of Security

  • Adoption

  • Alcohol Use

  • Anger Management

  • Anxiety

  • Behavioral Issues

  • Bisexual

  • Career Counseling

  • Children & Adolescents (0-18)

  • Chronic Illness

  • Codependency

  • Coping Skills

  • Depression

  • Couples

  • Dissociative Disorder

  • Divorce

  • Domestic Abuse

  • Domestic Violence

  • Dual Diagnosis

  • Eating Disorders

  • Emotional Disturbance

  • Family Conflict

  • Grief & Loss

  • Hoarding

  • Impulse Control Disorder

  • Infertility

  • Infidelity

Availability

Kelly is currently accepting new clients for In-Person & Telehealth appointments on weekday mornings & afternoons. Call today to schedule!