About Shelly
Shelly Grabiak is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) who uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help people cope with stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, trauma, and grief. She speaks English and Spanish and works with adults dealing with life changes and difficult transitions. Shelly brings five years of recent clinical practice to her work in Florida and with international clients.
Shelly focuses on practical, clear steps that make day-to-day life easier.
Background and approach
Sessions often involve naming what feels hard, learning small strategies to manage symptoms, and planning actions that match personal values. She helps people who are facing caregiving strain, chronic illness, or the loss of a loved one find steadier ways to cope. Her background includes experience across medical, hospice, and behavioral health settings.
That experience informs how she supports people through grief, end-of-life concerns, and chronic health challenges. Shelly also addresses attachment and communication problems, codependency, and substance-related concerns with straightforward guidance. Shelly aims for collaborative work.
She listens first, then offers tools based on what each person needs. Her style blends practical skill-building with attention to emotional experience so clients can make changes that matter. Outside of clinical work she values time in nature, movement, and creative activities.
Those interests shape a strengths-focused approach that encourages small, sustainable changes and ongoing personal growth.
Evidence-based approaches and flexible online care
Two common approaches Shelly draws on are cognitive behavioral methods and acceptance-based techniques. Cognitive behavioral methods focus on identifying thought patterns that increase worry or distress and replacing them with more helpful thinking and actions. Acceptance-based approaches help people notice difficult feelings, reduce struggle with those feelings, and choose actions that match their values despite discomfort.She also integrates grief- and loss-focused work when needed, offering ways to hold strong feelings while gradually adapting to life changes. Those techniques help with processing loss, making meaning, and building day-to-day routines that support healing.
Finding the right approach is a shared process. Shelly works with each person to clarify goals, try methods, and adjust based on what helps most. She aims to tailor tools to a person’s situation rather than imposing a single method.
Online formats available include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video works well for in-depth conversations and teaching skills. Phone sessions can fit around a busy schedule and use less bandwidth. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief check-ins, coaching-style support, and timely coping reminders. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving duties, or travel while keeping continuity of care.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Life purpose
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English, Spanish