Kelly Childress
Kelly is a Licensed Professional Counselor who enjoys counseling women, adolescents, children, and families walking through fostering and adoption. She earned her Bachelors in Psychology and Masters in Counseling from Clemson University.
Kelly partners with families and individuals as they navigate the emotional joys and struggles of fostering and adoption. An adoptive parent herself, Kelly’s desire is to see families and the children of adoption succeed and thrive. She recognizes the need for support and counseling at times during the foster and/or adoption steps including grieving infertility, coping with ambiguity in the legal process, attachment difficulties, addressing changes in family structure, and helping older children process their identity in light of adoption.
Kelly has worked in various clinical settings including intensive in-home child focused family therapy, outpatient treatment of women and children, school based counseling and spent time counseling in an intensive outpatient addictions program.
Kelly’s specialties include: relationship and life adjustment issues, anxiety and depression, behavior and emotional challenges in children, infertility, adoption and fostering, adolescence, women, and families. Kelly, her husband John, and their two daughters have called Greenville home for over 10 years. Kelly enjoys spending time in the company of friends and family, dreaming up her next decorating project, traveling and exploring new places. Kelly and her family regularly worship at Grace Church.
To schedule an appointment, call or email:
Phone: +1 (864) 877-7025 x706