About Shelby
Shelby Johnson is a licensed counselor who focuses on helping people who feel overwhelmed by stress and anxiety. He aims to make the first step easier by listening without judgment and working with each person at their pace. He uses straightforward conversation to understand what matters most to the person sitting across from him.
Sessions look at what triggers worry, what keeps problems going, and what small changes might bring relief.
Background and approach
Shelby emphasizes practical skills you can try between sessions. His background includes five years of professional experience as a Tennessee LPC-MHSP - Licensed Professional Counselor with Mental Health Service Provider status. That experience includes supporting people who have faced trauma and abuse and those dealing with workplace strain and compassion fatigue.
Shelby also supports people working through relationship stress, family tension, and issues tied to attachment, communication, guilt, or shame. He draws on approaches like cognitive behavioral work, dialectical behavior ideas, solution-focused techniques, and trauma-focused strategies to match the work to the situation. Sessions are rooted in respect and sensitivity.
Shelby works with each person to build realistic goals and practical steps. He invites a collaborative process so the plan fits your life and needs.
Approaches and how they work online
CBT - Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and change patterns that feed anxiety or low mood. It often uses simple experiments and practice tasks to test new ways of thinking and acting.DBT - Dialectical Behavior Therapy focuses on skills for handling intense emotions and improving how people relate to others. It teaches tools for distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and clearer communication.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Shelby will review your goals and preferences and suggest which methods to try first. He adapts techniques as you progress so the plan stays useful and realistic.
Online sessions let you fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when a longer check-in is needed. Phone sessions work well if bandwidth is limited or you prefer no video. Live chat and text-based messaging offer shorter check-ins and a way to share updates between sessions. These options give flexibility for different schedules, comfort levels, and day-to-day needs.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
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Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Tennessee
- Languages
- English
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