Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
- Depression
How Selma works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Missouri
- Years in practice
- 24
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Selma
Selma Wesley is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 24 years of experience helping people manage stress, anger, anxiety, and relationship struggles. She practices in Missouri and offers straightforward, respectful care that aims to reduce overwhelm and build everyday coping skills. She draws on approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Client-Centered Therapy to shape practical sessions.
Selma helps people notice unhelpful patterns, try new responses, and set realistic goals.
Background and approach
Sessions move at a steady pace and focus on skills people can use between meetings. Her background includes home and community-based counseling alongside work in a variety of other settings. That range has led to experience supporting people with depression, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy concerns, parenting stress, and issues related to prejudice and discrimination.
She has worked with young adults and others facing life transitions. Selma’s style is warm, encouraging, and interactive. She aims to meet people where they are with respect and sensitivity.
Treatment plans are individualized and adjust as goals evolve. In sessions she focuses on clear steps - noticing thoughts and emotions, practicing new behaviors, and building routines that reduce reactivity. The work is practical and collaborative, with attention to strengths and small changes that add up over time.
What Selma works with
Everything Selma lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Selma's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Prejudice and discrimination
Approaches Selma lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches for online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people clarify what matters to them and take small steps toward those values while learning to accept difficult thoughts and feelings. It can be useful for anger, anxiety, and life transitions by focusing on actions that matter more than trying to eliminate feelings entirely.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Sessions often include practical exercises and skill practice that reduce reactivity and change patterns that maintain anger or anxiety. It is well suited to people who want concrete tools and homework between sessions.
Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a warm, respectful relationship where the person sets the pace. The therapist offers empathy and support while people find their own solutions and grow confidence in handling relationship or parenting conflicts.
Finding the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will work collaboratively to select methods that fit the client’s goals and preferences, and she will adjust the plan over time based on what helps most.
Online formats like video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging make it easier to fit therapy into busy days. Video allows face-to-face interaction for skill practice, phone can be helpful when bandwidth is limited, live chat or text messaging can support brief check-ins and ongoing encouragement between sessions. These options offer flexibility so therapy can continue around work, caregiving, or other commitments.
Questions people ask about Selma
What concerns does Selma commonly address?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, anger, depression, relationship and parenting issues, addictions, grief, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, career changes, bipolar concerns, and effects of prejudice and discrimination.
What is Selma’s therapy style and approach?
Her style is warm, encouraging, and interactive. She uses approaches like Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Emotionally-Focused Therapy, and Mindfulness Therapy to guide practical work.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She brings 24 years of clinical experience working in home and community settings and other environments with a wide range of concerns and life stages.
What are her credentials and where is she located?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, licensed in Missouri. Her practice is based in Missouri.
Which languages are offered and can international clients join?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How does cost and billing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button and completing a short matching questionnaire. Then schedule sessions according to the therapist’s availability.