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Shelley Smith, LPC

Based in Georgia Online sessions

Compassionate counselor helping parents find workable solutions

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Years in practice
13
Credentials
LPC
Licensed in
Georgia
Languages
English
Focus
Stress, Anxiety
Focus
Trauma and abuse
Focus
Grief
About

About Shelley

Shelley Smith is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Georgia with 13 years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, addiction, grief, depression, and parenting concerns. She frames clients as the experts in their own stories and works alongside them to find workable steps forward.

Her sessions are straightforward and practical. She listens first, then helps identify patterns that keep problems going. Together she and the client set small, achievable goals that fit daily life.

Background and approach

She emphasizes tools people can use between sessions. Shelley draws on several therapeutic approaches to match each person's needs. She uses client-centered work to build trust and gives space for the client’s perspective.

She incorporates cognitive behavioral strategies to address thinking and behavior patterns that contribute to distress. When needed, she brings in skills from dialectical behavior therapy to help with intense emotions and emotional regulation. She also uses narrative and psychodynamic ideas to look at life stories and past influences without getting stuck in jargon.

The goal is always practical: reduce symptoms and improve daily functioning. Shelley works with a wide range of concerns including relationship and intimacy issues, family-related stress, ADHD, compassion fatigue, and body image. She mentions adoption and foster care, attachment, aging, first responder stress, and forgiveness among additional focuses.

Her approach is collaborative and paced to each person’s comfort level.

Focus areas and approaches

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.

Approaches Shelley lists

Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.

Online support

How therapeutic approaches translate to online care

Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and following the client's lead to build trust and a plan that fits their life. It helps when someone needs to be heard and to shape goals at their own pace.

Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns. It is often useful for anxiety, depression, and day-to-day stressors where behavior change matters.

Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) offers concrete emotion-regulation and distress-tolerance skills for intense feelings. Those skills can help people manage strong reactions and improve relationships over time.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Shelley collaborates with each person to choose or blend methods based on their goals, needs, and preferences. She checks in regularly and adjusts plans so therapy stays relevant and useful.

Online sessions make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls support a face-to-face experience, phone sessions work when bandwidth or hands-free time matters, and live chat or text-based messaging allow shorter check-ins or ongoing written reflection. These options give flexibility for scheduling, pacing, and how much someone wants to use their camera during a session.
Questions

Questions people ask about Shelley

What concerns does Shelley commonly help with?

Shelley works with many issues including stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, and addictions. She also supports people with parenting concerns, relationship and intimacy issues, ADHD, and compassion fatigue.

What is her therapy style like?

Her style is practical and collaborative. She listens first, then helps clients set small, achievable goals and practices tools to use between sessions.

How much experience does she have?

Shelley has 13 years of professional experience working in clinical settings. That background informs a variety of approaches she draws on during sessions.

What credentials and location apply to her practice?

She holds the LPC credential, listed as GA LPC, and provides services based in Georgia.

Which languages are supported and can international clients connect?

Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.

What session formats are offered?

She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different needs and schedules.

How is cost handled for sessions?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with Shelley?

Start by selecting the Start Therapy button and completing a short matching questionnaire. After that you can schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.

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