About Shae
Shae Schartner is a licensed social worker in Wisconsin who helps people manage stress and anxiety. She works with adults on relationship strains, anger, trauma and abuse, and major life changes. Shae also supports people dealing with family conflict and caregiver stress.
She keeps language straightforward and sessions focused on practical steps. Shae draws on skills from Dialectical Behavior Therapy to teach calm, coping, and emotional regulation techniques. She aims to make tools simple enough to use between sessions.
Background and approach
Conversations are action-oriented and paced to fit each person's needs. She emphasizes clear communication and real-world practice. Before licensure she worked in a nonprofit mental health clinic and has experience in a homeless shelter and an eating disorder clinic.
Those roles shaped her view of the practical barriers people face when seeking help. Her background informs how she sets realistic goals and builds plans that fit daily life. Shae has three years of clinical experience as an LCSW, licensed in Wisconsin.
She uses evidence-informed methods to help people reduce overwhelm and improve relationships. Sessions may include skills coaching, problem solving, and homework to try between meetings. Her style is direct but warm, with an emphasis on safety and steady progress.
She helps people break big problems into small, manageable steps. The focus is on what will make life feel better this week and next month.
DBT skills and online therapy options
Dialectical Behavior Therapy focuses on teaching clear, practical skills. It includes emotion regulation practices to help reduce intense feelings and distress tolerance tools to get through hard moments. These skills are useful for anxiety, anger, and mood swings and are taught in small, repeatable steps.Shae uses a skills-based approach online so clients can practice between sessions. Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and daily routines and will adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video allows face-to-face interaction and guided skills practice. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging work well for quick check-ins, brief coaching, or continuing skills work between scheduled sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or other busy schedules and let people engage in the ways that suit them best.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Anger management
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Family conflicts
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Mood disorders
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Wisconsin
- Languages
- English
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