Kelley Lockhart-Delaune, LCSW

Kelley Lockhart Delaune, LCSW, is a licensed clinical social worker, couples therapist, and owner of Modern Therapy & Wellness in Mid-City New Orleans. She is also the author of Attachment Theory For Dummies. With 20 years of experience, Kelley helps individuals and couples heal their relationships with themselves and others.

Her work focuses on attachment, trauma, and the patterns that shape how people connect. She helps clients understand why certain experiences feel so painful, recognize patterns they find themselves repeating, and practice new ways of responding.

In her work with couples, Kelley helps partners move through recurring conflict, communicate their needs more clearly, rebuild trust, and strengthen emotional connection. Her approach draws from the Gottman Method, Emotionally Focused Therapy, and Relational Life Therapy.

Kelley also offers couples intensives for partners who want more focused time together than a weekly session allows. These extended sessions create space to understand recurring patterns, work through difficult conversations, and practice new ways of connecting. Intensives may be especially helpful for couples who feel stuck or want dedicated time to focus on their relationship.

Kelley works with individuals navigating relationship difficulties, breakups, life transitions, and the effects of past experiences. Her approach makes room for both self-compassion and accountability—understanding how patterns developed while taking steps toward change.

Kelley earned her master’s degree in social work from Tulane University and her bachelor’s degree in psychology from Louisiana State University. Through therapy, writing, and teaching, she makes attachment and relationship concepts practical and useful in everyday life.