Kelly Curry, LICSW-S, PIP

Kelly Curry is a Licensed, Board Certified Independent Clinical Social Worker and Supervisor (LICSW-S) and is certified for Private Independent Practice of Social Work (PIP) in the areas of social casework, clinical social work, community organization and social work administration in the state of Alabama. She graduated from the University of Montevallo with a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology and a Bachelor of Science degree in Social Work. She also has a Master’s degree in Social Work from the University of Alabama.

Since the beginning of her professional career, Kelly has been devoted in her work with vulnerable children and their families. Prior to coming to Agape of Central Alabama, Inc., Kelly was trained and worked as the Family Therapist within an interdisciplinary team of specialists at the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s/Children’s of Alabama Adoption Clinic and has also been involved in developing a curriculum to help youth that experienced trauma. Additionally, Kelly is a Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI) Practitioner, a Prepare & Enrich Facilitator, and she utilizes DDP (Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy), EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing), ERP (Exposure/Response Prevention) and Theraplay® informed practice. Additionally, she draws from other modalities, such as TF-CBT (Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy) and IFS (Internal Family Systems), in her therapeutic work.

Most notably, Kelly has both a personal and professional passion in helping vulnerable children and she specializes in working with foster and adoptive families. Her love for this population grew early on from her own adoption experience (internationally adopted from South Korea). Since then, Kelly’s passion for this population has only grown more through her work abroad and her experiences working with adoptees, children in foster care, and their families. Her clinical interests include attachment, trauma, identity, anxiety, parenting and pre-marital preparation.

Kelly believes that therapy is a collaborative effort and that the most important component of is the relationship between the client and therapist…that the client is able to feel safe, supported and seen. She utilizes an attachment centered, non-punitive, integrative approach to provide support and practical feedback in order to help promote healing and to meet individual therapeutic goals.