- Stress and anxiety
- Addictions support
- Family of origin
About Shelley
Shelley Smith is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Georgia with 13 years of experience. She focuses on concerns such as stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, and relationship and family matters. Shelley often works with people who notice old family patterns affecting their current life choices and relationships.
Shelley uses straightforward conversation to help people name the problems that keep repeating. She treats the client as the expert on their own life and looks for strengths to build on. Sessions are practical and aim to give useful skills as well as space to talk things through.
Her background includes a mix of therapy methods that support changing thoughts, behaviors, and relationship patterns. She draws from cognitive behavioral work to identify unhelpful thinking, psychodynamic ideas to look at how past experiences influence today, and narrative approaches to rewrite troubling stories people keep telling themselves.
Shelley also uses client-centered and dialectical behavior ideas to help people regulate strong emotions and make decisions that fit their values. That combination can be helpful for people managing addiction, grief, anger, or repeated family conflicts. She treats issues related to attachment, adoption and foster care, abandonment, and family of origin concerns in ways that connect past patterns to present choices.
Sessions are conversational and practical. People who want clear tools and a steady conversational partner often find this approach helpful. To begin, follow the site's booking steps and complete the short questionnaire to schedule a first session.
How Shelley applies different approaches in online sessions
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and reflecting so people can find their own answers. It is useful when someone wants to clarify values and make decisions without being told what to do. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the connection between thoughts, feelings, and actions and gives practical steps to change unhelpful patterns. It can help with anxiety, depression, and recurring behaviors such as avoidance.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Shelley will talk with the client about goals and preferences and then suggest which methods to try. That decision is collaborative and can change over time as needs shift.
Session formats are not listed in the biography, so please confirm current options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit counseling into a busy week, avoid travel time, and keep appointments during periods of change. Phone sessions require less bandwidth and can be shorter check-ins, while video sessions allow for face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Discuss format preferences at the first appointment so sessions fit into daily life and support the goals you set together.
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Experience
13+ years
Listed in
Georgia
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she work with?
Shelley works with stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, relationship and family issues, and related areas such as attachment and family of origin concerns.
How would you describe her therapy style?
She keeps sessions conversational and practical, helping people identify strengths and learn skills while talking through repeating patterns from the past.
What is her professional background?
She has 13 years of professional experience in counseling and has worked with a range of concerns including addiction, grief, and family conflict.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
Shelley holds the LPC credential and is licensed in Georgia.
Can I work with her if I live outside the United States?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not currently accepting international clients.
Which session formats does she offer?
Session formats are not specified here; please confirm current session options before booking so you know whether video, phone, or in-person sessions are available.
How much do sessions cost?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What do I need to do to get started?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session through the booking steps.
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