About Shelley
Shelley Janz is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 20 years of experience in Wisconsin. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family concerns, grief, addiction, compassion fatigue, and ADHD. Shelley aims to make the first steps toward help feel manageable and respectful.
Her style is person-centered and inclusive. Sessions focus on listening, understanding each person’s goals, and building a plan that fits day-to-day life. Shelley uses practical tools so people can try different ways of coping between meetings.
Background and approach
She blends several approaches to match what each person needs. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy techniques are used to notice unhelpful thinking and try small behavior changes. Dialectical Behavior Therapy ideas help with emotion regulation and building skills for intense feelings.
Motivational Interviewing helps when a person feels stuck or unsure about change. Shelley has spent many years supporting people through grief and end-of-life related struggles, and she also works with those in law enforcement and LGBTQ+ communities. She emphasizes respect for age, gender, sexual orientation, and race, and creates space for people to speak without judgment.
The aim in sessions is to set clear goals and take small, steady steps toward them. Shelley helps people practice new skills, track progress, and adjust plans when life changes. She focuses on real problems and realistic solutions.
People who want to begin are guided through a simple matching and scheduling process. Shelley meets with clients using a mix of phone, video, chat, and messaging depending on what fits the person’s routine.
How therapeutic approaches work online
Client-centered work means the therapist follows your lead, listening first and tailoring steps to your goals. This approach helps when someone wants support that respects their values and daily demands.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. Online CBT can help people notice patterns, try small behavior changes, and track results between sessions. Dialectical Behavior Therapy teaches skills for managing intense emotions and improving relationships, which can be practiced in short, structured lessons during calls or messages.
Finding the right approach is a team effort. Shelley will talk with each person about goals and preferences, and then try methods that seem most useful. She checks in and adjusts the plan as needed so the work fits real life.
Online formats offer practical flexibility. Video calls let people use visual cues for deeper conversation. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or a quicker check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief updates, skill coaching, or keeping momentum between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy days and to keep practicing new skills.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Parenting issues
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Wisconsin
- Languages
- English
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