Meet Caroline (Caro) Kellough, LCMHC

Trauma Therapist | EMDR Certified | LGBTQ+ Affirming | Experiential Therapy in Salt Lake City

If you’ve ever felt like a misfit in search of meaning—or someone quietly holding it all together while longing to be truly seen—you’re in the right place.

I’m Caro, a licensed clinical mental health counselor who blends depth, humor, and creativity into trauma-informed therapy. My path to becoming a therapist started with my own story: the questions I couldn’t shake, the patterns I couldn’t ignore, and a deep belief that healing doesn’t have to feel clinical or cold. Therapy should be real, warm, and sometimes even a little funny.

My Approach to Therapy

I draw from a wide range of evidence-based and experiential modalities, including EMDR, mindfulness, Emotionally Focused Family Therapy (EFFT), transpersonal psychology, and expressive arts therapy. With over a decade of experience in the outdoors and group facilitation, I also incorporate nature-based and somatic elements into the work when it fits. My style is collaborative, direct, and affirming—I’ll meet you where you are and help you move forward with intention.

I support adolescents, young adults, LGBTQ+ individuals, neurodivergent folks, perfectionists, deep feelers, and families navigating identity, trauma, and transition. I especially love working with people who are “doing fine on the surface” but feel disconnected, overwhelmed, or stuck inside.

What You Can Expect

In sessions, we’ll do more than just talk. We might draw, move, laugh, cry, or breathe through the uncomfortable bits together. I won’t promise a quick fix, but I will offer you a space where you’re not expected to be perfect. A space where we can explore who you are, who you’ve been, and who you’re becoming—without judgment or pressure to “get it right.”

Together, we’ll build your capacity to live in alignment with your values, regulate your nervous system, rewrite painful narratives, and reconnect with what matters most to you.