How Shelley works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Illinois
- Years in practice
- 25
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Shelley
Shelley Hill is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 25 years of practice in Illinois. She helps people dealing with stress, anxiety, anger, depression, relationship strain, grief, addictions, and other life changes. Shelley aims to offer a calm, practical space where people can talk through what’s going on and find steps forward.
She usually mixes hands-on techniques with reflective work. That means some sessions focus on immediate coping tools and clear goals, while other sessions look at deeper patterns that repeat over time.
Background and approach
Shelley believes many thoughts and feelings come from below conscious awareness, so she uses methods that reach both mind and body. Her approach can be collaborative or more directive, depending on what a person needs that day. She brings presence, compassion, and a bit of humor to sessions, and she intends to listen first before suggesting next steps.
Practical changes and longer-term shifts are both part of the plan. Shelley has worked with people facing trauma and abuse, intimacy and attachment issues, caregiving stress, chronic medical issues, and identity questions including LGBT concerns. She also supports people coping with sleep or eating problems, grief, and compassion fatigue.
She uses a range of therapeutic tools including the Gottman Method for relationship patterns, mindfulness to reduce reactivity, somatic work to address body-based symptoms, and solution-focused or hypnotherapy techniques when appropriate. Shelley aims to tailor methods to fit each person’s goals and comfort level.
What Shelley works with
Everything Shelley lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Shelley's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Shelley lists
- Gottman Method
- Hypnotherapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches that work well online and in session
Gottman Method work focuses on communication patterns and behavior changes that reduce conflict and build connection, often used when relationship habits are causing repeated problems. Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to lower reactivity and manage stress or anger in the moment. Somatic therapy brings attention to bodily sensations and movement so people can notice and shift how stress or trauma shows up in the body.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Shelley will talk with each person about symptoms, goals, and preferences, and then suggest which techniques might be most helpful. That choice is collaborative and can change as progress is made.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video lets therapists observe nonverbal signals, phone can be lower bandwidth when internet is limited, live chat can suit quick check-ins, and messaging supports short reflections between sessions. These options help make therapy more flexible and accessible while keeping the focus on practical tools and steady progress.
Questions people ask about Shelley
What kinds of problems does Shelley help with?
Shelley supports people facing stress, anxiety, anger, depression, grief, addictions, relationship and intimacy concerns, and many life transitions. She also works with issues like caregiver stress, chronic illness, and attachment or abandonment difficulties.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style blends practical coping tools with deeper reflective work. Sessions can be collaborative or more directive depending on what the person needs that day.
What is her clinical background?
She has 25 years of experience as an individual and couples therapist, bringing broad experience with mood concerns, trauma, relationship problems, and addiction-related issues.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds an Illinois Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential, listed as LCSW, and practices in Illinois.
Which languages are offered and can international clients be seen?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How does payment or cost work?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a time according to therapist availability.