Decide what your therapeutic journey will look like and how I can best serve you. We will explore any unhelpful thoughts you may be experiencing and determine goals you have for yourself. We will then work together to improve your quality of life.
Decide what your therapeutic journey will look like and how I can best serve you. We will explore any unhelpful thoughts you may be experiencing and determine goals you have for yourself. We will then work together to improve your quality of life.
I take a strengths based, solution focused approach. I hope to be a safe place to unload whatever feels heavy in the moment, while helping you develop and practice strategies to make lasting changes.
Together, we can explore just about any life problem, with goals of increasing your self-confidence, improving connection with your partner/friends, and experiencing greater levels of happiness & acceptance. Therapy is your time to take care of you!
Together, we can explore just about any life problem, with goals of increasing your self-confidence, improving connection with your partner/friends, and experiencing greater levels of happiness & acceptance. Therapy is your time to take care of you!
I am compassionate and flexible in my approach and use teamwork as the basis of therapy. I am also trained in EMDR. I am dedicated to dispelling the stigma that surrounds mental health issues, and a huge advocate of suicide awareness and prevention.
Shelly will conduct an initial intake assessment and will collaborate with you to create goals for treatment. She will tailor counseling sessions depending on your preferences and needs identified during the intake process.
Shelly will conduct an initial intake assessment and will collaborate with you to create goals for treatment. She will tailor counseling sessions depending on your preferences and needs identified during the intake process.
Shelly likes to approach treatment from a client-centered focus and really listen to the client to find the best way to hold space for that client.
Figure out what is causing your current difficulties, craft a plan for you to get better, and get you there. Change is possible, with the right guide.
Figure out what is causing your current difficulties, craft a plan for you to get better, and get you there. Change is possible, with the right guide.
I run an adherent DBT program with all modes of DBT. We also do CBT, EMDR for Trauma and we are LGBTQIA+ affirming.
Building a good relationship where the your feel safe and heard is the most important and first step. After that, we work together to identify your strengths and build resources and coping skills before starting deeper work.
Building a good relationship where the your feel safe and heard is the most important and first step. After that, we work together to identify your strengths and build resources and coping skills before starting deeper work.
I use a holistic, person-centered approach to help people heal from stress and trauma using interventions that are based on an understanding of the mind-body connection and how stress and trauma affect all systems within the person.