Shelly Slaton, LPC

Shelly Slaton is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas with 24 years of experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, grief, depression, and coping with life changes. Shelly also focuses on issues tied to attachment and family of origin patterns while addressing practical problems such as communication and codependency.

She uses clear, practical methods in sessions. Clients talk through what keeps them stuck, test new ways of relating, and practice skills that fit daily life. Sessions often include goal-focused work and strategies to manage anxious or depressive patterns.

Shelly draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Solution-Focused Therapy to set short- and mid-term goals. She integrates Mindfulness Therapy and Motivational Interviewing to help people notice automatic reactions and find internal motivation for change. These approaches are used to address grief, relationship challenges, and recurring family roles.

Her background includes two decades of clinical practice in Texas, working with adults across many life stages. That experience informs how she helps people untangle long-standing family patterns and build more effective coping skills. Practical problem solving is emphasized alongside emotional processing.

People who seek her out are often trying to change repeating patterns learned in childhood, improve communication, or recover from loss. Sessions focus on concrete steps - small experiments, communication practice, and mindfulness exercises - to make day-to-day life more manageable.

Approaches used in online sessions