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Kelly Boyle, LMFT

  • Experience10 years
  • LocationFlorida
  • Focus areasStress and Anxiety, Relationship, and Family
  • Therapy approachesInternal Family Systems and Client-Centered Therapy
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About Kelly

Kelly Boyle is a licensed marriage and family therapist (FL LMFT MT3722) who integrates Internal Family Systems with client-centered and cognitive behavioral approaches to help people navigate stress, anxiety, relationship challenges, grief, and trauma.

Background and approach

With ten years of clinical experience, she tailors sessions to each person's style and needs, offering practical tools and teaching clear communication skills to support healthier relationships and greater emotional resilience. Kelly welcomes diverse spiritual perspectives and cultural backgrounds and focuses on empowerment rather than prescription.

Her work addresses a broad range of concerns including intimacy-related issues, parenting and fatherhood matters, adoption and foster care, blended family dynamics, body image and self-esteem, caregiving stress, chronic illness and pain, and patterns like codependency and control struggles.

Clients also receive curated resources such as short tutorial videos on breathing, boundary-setting, and coping strategies, along with recommendations for creative expression through music and art. Kelly offers virtual appointment hours in Eastern time and responds to messages promptly, balancing weekday availability with regular days off to maintain sustainable care.

Integrating Approaches for Online Healing



Internal Family Systems (IFS) views the mind as made up of different parts and helps people compassionately explore internal conflicts and wounded parts to reduce shame and improve self-leadership. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a warm, nonjudgmental therapeutic relationship that validates personal experience and supports self-directed growth. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) offers practical strategies to identify unhelpful thoughts and build new coping skills for anxiety, depression, and stress.

Finding the right approach often involves some experimentation and collaboration. Kelly works with clients to identify goals and preferences, then blends elements from these approaches to match what feels most helpful, adjusting methods as therapy progresses to meet each person's needs.

Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging, making it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to access consistent support from different locations. This flexibility allows sessions to focus on skill-building, communication practice, and the IFS-based exploration of internal parts while accommodating clients who prefer brief written check-ins or more traditional video conversations.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Kelly commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, relationship and intimacy-related issues, parenting concerns, self-esteem and many family-related challenges including adoption, blended families, and caregiving stress.
What therapeutic style can I expect in sessions?
Sessions emphasize a person-centered stance combined with Internal Family Systems and cognitive behavioral techniques, plus elements from emotionally-focused and existential approaches when useful to explore feelings and patterns.
How much clinical experience does this therapist have?
Kelly has worked in the field for 10 years, using that background to offer skills-based guidance and resources like tutorial videos and practical exercises.
What credentials and location are listed for this therapist?
She is a licensed marriage and family therapist, FL LMFT MT3722, and maintains practice hours based in Florida operating on Eastern time.
Can clients who live outside the United States work with her?
Yes, she accepts international clients and conducts sessions in English.
Which session formats are offered for online work?
Available formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different communication preferences.
How is cost handled for ongoing sessions?
Fees vary with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the steps to begin working together?
To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability and Eastern time office hours.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseSelf esteem

Also works with

LGBTGriefIntimacy-related issuesParenting issuesAnger managementDepressionCoping with life changes

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAdoption and foster careBlended family issuesBody imageCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCo-morbidityCodependencyCommunication problemsControl issuesDivorce and separationDomestic violenceFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameIsolation / lonelinessLife purposeMen's issuesMidlife crisisMood disordersNarcissismPanic disorder and panic attacksPersonality disordersPost-traumatic stressSelf-loveSexual assault and abuseSexualitySocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Existential TherapyJungian TherapyMindfulness TherapyNarrative TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapySomatic TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family SystemsSystemic Therapy

Experience

10+ years

Licensed

Florida

Languages

English