Elu: Counseling, Consulting, and Coaching
Group Practice
Chattanooga, TN 37411
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Our services include counseling, coaching, and consulting. Our professional experience enables us to offer effective personalized care. We work with individuals, couples, families, churches, and organizations. We treat mental health disorders from a supportive, solution focused perspective. In coaching and consulting, we work towards transformation from a strengths-based framework.
Our treatment focus is to journey with you providing resources, expertise, and strategies. These come from an integrated perspective using both the teachings of Christian theology and professional best practices. We hear your personal story and customize
Our Team
I serve individuals, couples, families, & groups with life issues, including relationships, mental health, spiritual pain, depression, behavioral problems, trauma, parenting, women's issues, crisis response & adoption/foster care. 25+ yrs experience helping children, teens, adults, professionals, ministers, & leadership in non-profit organizations. Univ of Maryland School of Social Work; Southwestern Baptist Seminary; Messiah College; Approved Supervisor for Clinical /Licensure Supervision (LCSW). I am faculty at Covenant College & Dordt University teaching social work & counseling. Kim is trained in military focused care (STAR).
I serve individuals, couples, families, & groups with life issues, including relationships, mental health, spiritual pain, depression, behavioral problems, trauma, parenting, women's issues, crisis response & adoption/foster care. 25+ yrs experience helping children, teens, adults, professionals, ministers, & leadership in non-profit organizations. Univ of Maryland School of Social Work; Southwestern Baptist Seminary; Messiah College; Approved Supervisor for Clinical /Licensure Supervision (LCSW). I am faculty at Covenant College & Dordt University teaching social work & counseling. Kim is trained in military focused care (STAR).
Kelly Rao
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
1 Endorsed
Chattanooga, TN 37412
Waitlist for new clients
Do you have so much on your mind that your daily life feels disrupted by what's spinning around in your head? I want to listen and help you figure out why it's there or what to do with it. Or maybe you're seeking to heal yourself or feel better in some way and it's time you give yourself the space and time that you need and deserve. My name is Kelly, and my desire to provide therapy began with a passionate desire to actively listen and help others feel validated and heard. I will feel honored to create a supportive space for you to experience the relief, balance, healing, comfort or growth that you're looking for.
Do you have so much on your mind that your daily life feels disrupted by what's spinning around in your head? I want to listen and help you figure out why it's there or what to do with it. Or maybe you're seeking to heal yourself or feel better in some way and it's time you give yourself the space and time that you need and deserve. My name is Kelly, and my desire to provide therapy began with a passionate desire to actively listen and help others feel validated and heard. I will feel honored to create a supportive space for you to experience the relief, balance, healing, comfort or growth that you're looking for.
Maybe you're going through something too big to go through alone. Maybe you just want some new ways to navigate life. Maybe it's finally time to give yourself some time to figure out life, relationships, work and, most of all, yourself. I work with adults of all ages, primarily women who are either juggling multiple roles/responsibilities or are taking a step back from challenges or complete chaos to find who they are and what they want out of life going forward.
Maybe you're going through something too big to go through alone. Maybe you just want some new ways to navigate life. Maybe it's finally time to give yourself some time to figure out life, relationships, work and, most of all, yourself. I work with adults of all ages, primarily women who are either juggling multiple roles/responsibilities or are taking a step back from challenges or complete chaos to find who they are and what they want out of life going forward.
I am a compassionate, engaged therapist who takes deep responsibility for my work and shows up fully for every client. I hold people with unconditional positive regard while providing clear guidance, practical tools, and thoughtful insight. I help clients explore root issues, core beliefs, and patterns—moving beyond symptom management toward lasting change. Gentle and attuned yet structured when needed, I actively guide and support clients, integrating evidence-based approaches like CBT, and for those who desire it, leveraging Christian faith as a framework for growth and resilience.
I am a compassionate, engaged therapist who takes deep responsibility for my work and shows up fully for every client. I hold people with unconditional positive regard while providing clear guidance, practical tools, and thoughtful insight. I help clients explore root issues, core beliefs, and patterns—moving beyond symptom management toward lasting change. Gentle and attuned yet structured when needed, I actively guide and support clients, integrating evidence-based approaches like CBT, and for those who desire it, leveraging Christian faith as a framework for growth and resilience.
Stress in our relationships overwhelms and disrupts our daily lives. Anxiety, isolation, depression, and uncertainty can negatively impact our ability to communicate and express emotion effectively. You may be in a place where you desire to rebuild trust with a partner, gain self-confidence, or just process life's chaos. Counseling provides important tools and skills to rebuild the life you desire for yourself with a welcoming, therapeutically sound environment in order to do so. You are able to close the distance you feel from your goals, it only requires taking the first step.
Stress in our relationships overwhelms and disrupts our daily lives. Anxiety, isolation, depression, and uncertainty can negatively impact our ability to communicate and express emotion effectively. You may be in a place where you desire to rebuild trust with a partner, gain self-confidence, or just process life's chaos. Counseling provides important tools and skills to rebuild the life you desire for yourself with a welcoming, therapeutically sound environment in order to do so. You are able to close the distance you feel from your goals, it only requires taking the first step.
Therapy is an opportunity to process, heal and make changes in your life. We each have our own challenges and hardships, but we also have unique and amazing strengths. My goal in therapy is to help you understand what is and what is not working for you and find ways to connect, grow, and thrive. I specialize in working with individuals struggling with life transitions and stress related to work, parenting or caregiving.
Therapy is an opportunity to process, heal and make changes in your life. We each have our own challenges and hardships, but we also have unique and amazing strengths. My goal in therapy is to help you understand what is and what is not working for you and find ways to connect, grow, and thrive. I specialize in working with individuals struggling with life transitions and stress related to work, parenting or caregiving.
You have taken such a brave step to seek support in your healing journey, but I know it was not easy getting here. You have found a way to get by just enough, but what you truly desire is to feel whole, pursue relationships fearlessly, and know yourself and others intimately. Healing from past wounds, becoming curious about your story and embracing forgiveness may be some of your goals, but you need help moving forward. The next steps may look like making sense of complex experiences and gaining hope for change.
You have taken such a brave step to seek support in your healing journey, but I know it was not easy getting here. You have found a way to get by just enough, but what you truly desire is to feel whole, pursue relationships fearlessly, and know yourself and others intimately. Healing from past wounds, becoming curious about your story and embracing forgiveness may be some of your goals, but you need help moving forward. The next steps may look like making sense of complex experiences and gaining hope for change.
As a therapist and current school counselor, I have extensive experience supporting children and adolescents through a wide range of challenges. Working in schools has given me firsthand insight into the academic, social, emotional, and family stressors that young people face every day. I understand how overwhelming it can feel to navigate friendships, anxiety, self-esteem concerns, behavioral challenges, family changes, and the pressures that come with growing up.
My goal is to create a safe, supportive, and nonjudgmental space where children and teens feel genuinely heard, understood, and valued.
As a therapist and current school counselor, I have extensive experience supporting children and adolescents through a wide range of challenges. Working in schools has given me firsthand insight into the academic, social, emotional, and family stressors that young people face every day. I understand how overwhelming it can feel to navigate friendships, anxiety, self-esteem concerns, behavioral challenges, family changes, and the pressures that come with growing up.
My goal is to create a safe, supportive, and nonjudgmental space where children and teens feel genuinely heard, understood, and valued.