About Shelby
Shelby Brandsma is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, family conflict, parenting challenges, and ADHD-related concerns. She uses a straightforward, respectful approach and aims to make conversations feel safe and practical. Shelby focuses on each person’s situation and works at their pace.
Shelby has five years of professional experience as an LCSW in Wisconsin. She adapts sessions to the needs of the person she is meeting with, shaping goals and plans from session to session.
Background and approach
She pays attention to communication patterns and attachment dynamics that often underlie recurring problems. In sessions Shelby talks through coping skills for anxiety and stress. She helps people identify unhelpful patterns and try different ways of responding.
When relationship or parenting issues come up, she focuses on clearer communication and realistic steps for change. She also addresses life transitions such as divorce, separation, midlife questions, and searching for purpose. Impulsivity and social anxiety are other areas she supports, with attention to how these issues affect daily life.
Shelby describes her approach as sensitive and empowering. She works collaboratively to set practical goals and to track small gains. People meet her for honest conversation, tools they can use, and steady support while they try new ways of living.
Evidence-based approaches and online care that fit your life
Many of Shelby's sessions focus on practical, evidence-based techniques that help manage anxiety and improve relationships. One approach emphasizes building coping skills and step-by-step strategies to reduce stress and manage ADHD-related impulsivity. This involves identifying triggers and practicing small, repeatable skills to regain control over daily routines.Another common focus is on improving communication and attachment patterns that shape relationships. This work clarifies how thoughts and reactions keep problems going, and it teaches new ways of talking and listening that reduce conflict and increase connection.
Finding the right approach is part of therapy. Shelby works together with each person to choose and adjust methods based on their goals, needs, and preferences. She checks in regularly and shifts the plan when something is not helping, so the work stays relevant and practical.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These options let people fit sessions around work, childcare, and other commitments. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, shorter messaging check-ins can work between appointments, and video calls allow fuller face-to-face conversation from wherever the person is comfortable. Licensed professionals can use these formats to support steady progress and more flexible scheduling.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Wisconsin
- Languages
- English