Shelley Smith, LPC

Shelley Smith is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Georgia. She has 13 years of experience supporting people through stress, anxiety, grief, addictions, and trauma. Shelley speaks English and frames therapy as a collaborative effort where the person in therapy knows their story best.

Shelley focuses on practical steps people can use day to day. She listens for strengths and uses them to help clients face difficult feelings and life changes. She encourages small, steady moves rather than sudden overhauls. That approach helps when someone feels stuck or overwhelmed.

Her work includes addressing relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting stress, anger, self-esteem, and compassion fatigue. Shelley also helps people with ADHD-related struggles, issues around adoption and foster care, attachment and family of origin patterns, and challenges linked to aging and blended families. She brings attention to how these patterns show up now and what can be changed going forward.

Shelley uses a mix of approaches to fit each person’s needs. She leans on client-centered listening while drawing on cognitive-behavioral tools for coping skills, dialectical strategies for emotional regulation, and narrative and psychodynamic ideas to look at life stories and patterns. Sessions focus on clear goals and usable strategies.

To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule sessions based on availability. Payment uses a subscription that can be canceled at any time, and Shelley does not take international clients.

Approaches online and how they help

Client-centered therapy is grounded in listening and reflecting what matters to the person. It helps people feel understood and clarifies their goals so change can begin at a comfortable pace.

Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, focuses on practical skills to shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. It is useful for anxiety, depression, stress, and building new coping strategies in everyday situations.

Dialectical behavior therapy, or DBT, teaches emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal skills. These tools help when strong emotions or relationship tensions get in the way of daily life.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose which methods to try based on needs, goals, and what feels manageable. That plan can change as progress is made.

Confirm which session formats Shelley currently offers before booking, since the biography does not list formats. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time so sessions can happen between errands or work breaks. Licensed professionals can adapt their approaches to work well in remote meetings, and the focus remains on clear goals and practical strategies.