- Years in practice
- 5
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Florida
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Self esteem
- Focus
- Career difficulties
- Focus
- Depression
About Shelley
Shelley Dodt is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who emphasizes practical skills and steady support. She focuses on helping people handle stress, anxiety, parenting challenges, grief, relationship concerns, and life transitions. Shelley aims to help people feel better and do better in everyday life.
Shelley blends mindfulness with straightforward coping tools. She uses simple breathing and awareness techniques alongside exercises that help people notice unhelpful patterns. Sessions often focus on recognizing strengths and building skills to manage mood, anger, sleep, and stress.
Background and approach
She draws from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy ideas to help people change behaviors that do not serve them. Motivational strategies and solution-focused work guide short-term goals and practical steps. For relationship concerns she incorporates Gottman Method concepts to improve communication and understanding.
Shelley has five years of clinical experience working with adults across many issues, including depression, trauma and abuse, bipolar mood concerns, and compassion fatigue. She also supports people facing caregiving stress, health-related worries, and aging issues. People come to her wanting clear tools and direct conversation.
Shelley listens closely and helps clients test small changes between sessions. Her work aims to reduce confusion, increase confidence, and make daily life more manageable. Sessions are offered in English in Florida.
Shelley notes that therapy can be both practical and kind, and she brings warmth, humor, and compassion to the work.
What Shelley works with
Everything Shelley lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Shelley helps people with.
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Self-harm
- Women's issues
Approaches Shelley lists
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-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.
Therapeutic approaches you can use online
Shelley integrates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy in straightforward ways during online sessions. CBT focuses on identifying the thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going, then testing small changes to shift mood and stress. DBT offers concrete skills for managing intense emotions, improving distress tolerance, and steadying relationships.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Shelley partners with each person to decide which methods match their goals and situation. That collaborative process may begin with short-term, solution-focused steps and then add mindfulness or DBT skills if those are helpful.
Online sessions can make consistent care easier. Video calls let people use visual cues and teach skills in real time. Phone sessions are useful for lower bandwidth or when being on camera is difficult. Live chat and text-based messaging support brief check-ins, coaching nudges, or homework follow-up between longer sessions. These options aim to fit therapy into busy lives and make it easier to practice new skills regularly.
Questions people ask about Shelley
What concerns does Shelley commonly address?
Shelley works with adults on issues like anxiety, depression, stress, parenting, grief, relationship and intimacy-related concerns, and trauma and abuse.
What kind of therapy style does she use?
Her approach combines mindfulness with practical skills from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy, along with solution-focused and motivational strategies.
What is her professional background?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with five years of clinical experience and has also worked as a patient advocate and life coach.
Where does Shelley provide services?
She practices in Florida and holds the FL LCSW credential listed in her profile.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients schedule with her?
International clients are not currently accepted for sessions.
What formats are available for meeting online?
Sessions may be conducted via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, depending on what fits the client's needs.
How are fees and scheduling handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time; to begin, select the Start Therapy button and complete the short matching questionnaire to schedule.
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