About Shelley
Shelley Dodt is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who uses mindfulness and practical strategies to help people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and life changes. She aims to be a steady presence who listens, teaches coping skills, and helps people make changes that lead to better daily functioning and calmer thinking. Shelley emphasizes simple, usable tools.
She helps clients notice patterns that hold them back and then tries new ways of responding.
Background and approach
That can mean learning breathing and grounding practices, practicing communication skills, or trying small behavior changes that add up over time. She draws on approaches such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and Motivational Interviewing to help people set goals and stay motivated.
Sessions blend practical skill work with reflective moments so clients can both understand and act on what they learn. Shelley has five years of experience and maintains her license as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, or LCSW. She works with many common concerns including stress, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, trauma and abuse, parenting strain, and mood disorders.
Clients can expect a down-to-earth style that mixes kindness, curiosity, and a bit of humor. The focus is on identifying strengths, reducing painful patterns, and building routines that help people feel and function better in everyday life.
How these approaches translate to online therapy
Shelley uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot unhelpful thoughts and try small behavior changes. That approach focuses on practical steps that reduce symptoms and improve daily routines, which often fits well with structured online sessions.She also uses Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills to teach emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness. Those skills can be practiced between sessions and reviewed on video or via messaging to reinforce progress.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and how they like to work. Together they decide which methods and pacing make the most sense and adjust as needed over time.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video allows face-to-face conversation for skill demonstrations. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to use video. Messaging and live chat are useful for shorter check-ins, practicing skills between sessions, or when a flexible communication option fits a busy schedule.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Depression
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Relationship issues
- Self-harm
- Sleeping disorders
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English