Kelly Thompson is a therapist, educator, and relationship expert with 26 years of experience in behavioral health. Her background is broad and layered, with deep systems exposure across crisis intervention, trauma-informed care, interpersonal process work, relationship and family systems therapy, psychoeducational group facilitation, intensive in-home services, higher-acuity levels of care, and graduate clinical education. Kelly began her career facilitating more than 6,000 crisis interventions, developing a strong foundation in emotional stabilization, relational assessment, and compassionate presence during high-stress and high-conflict situations. During the COVID-19 pandemic, she provided intensive in-home therapeutic services for children and families experiencing significant emotional and behavioral challenges, working extensively with trauma, attachment disruptions, emotional regulation difficulties, and intergenerational family system patterns through an ecosystemic and trauma-informed lens. Her professional experience includes work with individuals, couples, families, children, adolescents, and groups across a variety of clinical and psychoeducational settings. She has experience providing relationship-focused support, facilitating interpersonal process groups, and working within Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) settings serving clients navigating mood disorders, anxiety, emotional dysregulation, eating disorders, stress-related concerns, and life transitions. Kelly also has experience supporting children and families through a family systems and ecosystemic lens, with emphasis on strengthening caregiver attunement, emotional regulation, balanced limit-setting, and healthier relational patterns within the home environment. Her work emphasizes supporting both the child and caregivers in developing greater emotional safety, connection, and co-regulation within the family system. Kelly has worked across multiple treatment and community settings supporting diverse clients and populations with a wide range of clinical, relational, emotional, cultural, and spiritual needs. She works comfortably and effectively in both secular and faith-based environments, tailoring the therapeutic process to the values, goals, and needs of each client. When aligned with a client’s preferences and therapeutic goals, she is also comfortable integrating spiritually informed perspectives and Christian-based support into the therapeutic process. Kelly integrates person-centered therapy, psychodynamic concepts, family systems perspectives, ecosystemic approaches, Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), interpersonal process work, and trauma-informed care. She believes meaningful change occurs through authentic connection, emotional safety, increased self-awareness, relational healing, and the development of practical coping and interpersonal skills. In addition to her clinical work, Kelly serves as an Adjunct Professor in the Graduate School of Education and Psychology at Pepperdine University, where she teaches Interpersonal Skills and Group Therapy. She is also an incoming doctoral student in Counselor Education and Supervision at North Carolina State University. Kelly works with adults, couples, families, children (9 years old and older), adolescents, and groups navigating relationship challenges, trauma-related concerns, anxiety, emotional overwhelm, communication difficulties, identity development, interpersonal conflict, and life transitions. Her approach combines insight-oriented exploration with practical skill development to support meaningful and lasting change. Services are provided under the supervision of Diana Ham, LPC-S.