kelli karver, LPC, LPAT, ACS

Kelli Karver is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Licensed Professional Art Therapist who works with adults and couples in South Jersey. She specializes in relationship concerns, boundaries, communication, self-esteem, anxiety, depression, parenting stress, and understanding how childhood experiences and attachment patterns can continue to affect relationships in adulthood. Kelli is also EMDR certified and incorporates trauma-informed and attachment-focused approaches into her work.

Kelli’s style of therapy is active, conversational, and collaborative. She believes therapy should give you space to understand yourself more deeply, but it should also help you recognize what you can begin doing differently in your everyday life. She is likely to help you notice patterns, ask questions that encourage you to look at a situation from another perspective, and challenge you when something may be keeping you stuck.

Much of Kelli’s work focuses on relationships, whether that means the relationship you have with a partner, your children, your family, or yourself. She is particularly interested in helping clients understand how earlier experiences can influence the way they communicate, respond to conflict, set boundaries, seek reassurance, or interpret the behavior of people around them.

With couples, Kelli helps partners slow down recurring conflict and better understand what is happening underneath it. Rather than simply deciding who is right or wrong, therapy focuses on recognizing patterns, communicating needs more clearly, strengthening boundaries, and understanding what each person brings into the relationship.

Kelli also enjoys working with parents who feel overwhelmed by challenging behaviors, inconsistent parenting approaches, or the pressure to handle everything correctly. Her work can include helping parents better understand their child's behavior while also looking at communication, boundaries, expectations, and consistency within the family.

Kelli’s goal is for therapy to feel comfortable enough that you can be honest, but purposeful enough that you leave with a better understanding of yourself and what you want to change.

Words from Clients:

“Without seeing any other therapists in the area, I know Kelli is the best. She is personable and professional, a good mix between feeling like she’s experienced in her field but also a friend. Therapy quickly went from intimidating to easy and enjoyable, and my life immediately improved because of her and my sessions.” - 28yo F