Works with
How Shelley works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Georgia
- Years in practice
- 13
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Shelley
Shelley Smith is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Georgia with 13 years of experience. She focuses on practical help for people dealing with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, addictions, and anger. Shelley believes clients know their own stories and draws on that knowledge to guide each session.
Her approach is collaborative and straightforward. Sessions aim to identify patterns that cause pain and to build small, usable skills for coping.
Background and approach
She listens for strengths and uses them to help people move past setbacks and loss. Shelley works with people facing trauma, relationship and intimacy-related concerns, parenting stress, compassion fatigue, and ADHD challenges. She also addresses issues like abandonment, attachment struggles, blended family dynamics, and problems tied to substance use.
Her background includes helping first responders and those navigating family-of-origin wounds. Therapy often blends conversational work with practical exercises from cognitive approaches and skills training. Shelley helps people reframe harmful thoughts, practice new ways of responding to strong emotions, and tell their story in a way that reduces shame.
Sessions are paced to what each person can handle. People who reach out can expect a calm, nonjudgmental space and clear next steps. Shelley encourages small experiments between sessions so progress is steady and measurable.
She supports clients as they try new behaviors and refine what works for them.
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
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Shelley lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused 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.
Approach and online options for skill-building and healing
Client-Centered Therapy centers the person’s own experience and priorities, with the therapist following the client’s lead and offering empathy and reflection to help make sense of difficult feelings. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing them with small behavioral experiments to reduce anxiety, anger, or low mood. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, teaches concrete skills for managing strong emotions, tolerating distress, and improving relationships.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Shelley will collaborate with each person to match methods to their needs and goals. That means trying an approach, checking how it feels, and adjusting together so the plan fits the person rather than the other way around.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video lets people use visual cues during longer sessions, phone can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports shorter check-ins, and messaging is useful for ongoing touchpoints or between-session practice. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and to keep momentum between appointments.
Questions people ask about Shelley
What kinds of concerns does Shelley address?
Shelley helps people with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, addictions, anger, self-esteem, and coping with life changes. She also supports issues tied to relationships, parenting, ADHD, and first responder stress.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is collaborative and practical. Sessions focus on listening, identifying patterns, and building small skills people can use between visits.
What is her clinical background?
She has 13 years of professional experience working with a range of emotional and behavioral concerns.
What licenses and where does she practice?
Shelley holds the LPC credential and practices in Georgia.
Which languages are offered for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Costs vary 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, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling according to therapist availability.