About Shelley
Shelley Smith is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Georgia with 13 years of experience. She focuses on practical help for stress, anxiety, grief, depression, addictions, ADHD, and relationship or intimacy concerns. Shelley speaks plainly and aims to make the first step feel doable for people who are unsure where to begin.
Her approach starts by listening. She treats each person as the expert on their life and builds on existing strengths.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on real problems and clear steps rather than jargon-filled explanations. Shelley draws from several therapy styles to match what a person needs. She uses client-centered work to follow what matters most to the client.
Cognitive behavioral techniques help identify unhelpful thinking patterns and test new behaviors. Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills are used to manage intense emotions and improve coping. She also uses narrative and psychodynamic ideas when helpful, inviting reflection on life stories and relationships that shape current struggles.
The mix of approaches is practical and flexible, shifting as goals change. Shelley works with common life stresses such as parenting strain, compassion fatigue, first responder issues, body image, and family of origin concerns. She helps people address feelings of abandonment, emptiness, and control issues by creating manageable steps and clearer communication.
Therapy with her often includes short-term strategies and longer work when needed. The aim is steady progress so people leave sessions with clearer choices and ways to cope between meetings.
How therapy approaches translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and following what matters most to the client. It helps people find their own solutions by validating their experience and building on strengths.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. It breaks problems into manageable pieces and uses exercises to test new ways of thinking and behaving, which can help with anxiety, depression, and ADHD-related challenges.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Shelley will collaborate with each person to decide which methods to try first and will adjust the plan as needs and goals change. This is a team process that values client input at every step.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls let people use face-to-face conversation when more depth is needed. Phone sessions are a good option when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging make it possible to keep momentum between sessions or fit support into a busy day. These options help people shape therapy around work, family, or other commitments rather than rearranging their whole life.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 13 years
- Licensed
- Georgia
- Languages
- English
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