Kiara Tellez, LPC

Kiara Tellez is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with eight years of clinical experience supporting people through complex emotional challenges. She works with individuals facing depression, anxiety, relationship difficulties, and the effects of trauma and abuse, offering a thoughtful, individualized approach that honors each person’s story.

Known for a collaborative, strength-based style, Kiara helps clients build resilience, improve self-esteem, and reconnect with purpose. Her practice emphasizes healing from guilt and shame, working through post-traumatic stress, and exploring attachment and abandonment concerns. She also provides focused support around impulsivity, sexuality, and questions about life direction.

Kiara brings cultural responsiveness to her work and is particularly attuned to the experiences of LGBTQ+ people and communities of color. She creates an affirming environment where clients can examine limiting beliefs, process past hurts, and develop practical strategies for healthier relationships and emotional well-being. As an LPC, Kiara blends evidence-based therapeutic techniques with empathy and respect to guide clients toward meaningful change.

Evidence-Based Approaches for Online Healing

Kiara utilizes a collaborative, strength-based approach that centers clients’ existing resources and resilience. This approach helps people identify strengths to build self-esteem, navigate life purpose questions, and create sustainable coping strategies for stress and depression.

She also applies trauma-informed techniques that prioritize pacing and safety while addressing the effects of trauma and post-traumatic stress. These methods focus on processing past experiences, reducing shame and guilt, and restoring a sense of stability in relationships and daily functioning.

Kiara brings cultural responsiveness into most sessions, acknowledging how identity and community shape emotional experience. She works collaboratively with clients to determine which techniques best align with their goals, preferences, and needs, adjusting the plan as therapy progresses.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility for clients who need alternative scheduling or cannot attend in-person appointments. Sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging, allowing clients to choose the format that fits their life and comfort level while maintaining continuity of care with a licensed professional.