About Shelby
Shelby Martini is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Idaho who helps people address stress, anxiety, depression, and trauma-related concerns. She writes and speaks plainly, offering a calm, respectful presence for people feeling overwhelmed or stuck. Shelby emphasizes practical steps people can use right away to feel steadier.
Shelby’s style is warm and engaging. She listens first and then tailors conversations to each person's needs. Sessions focus on clear goals, coping skills, and understanding how past events affect current feelings.
Background and approach
She draws on client-centered methods to keep the work grounded in your experience. Mindfulness practices are used to help people gain calm and reduce reactivity. Trauma-focused techniques are applied when past harm continues to cause distress.
Shelby has seven years of professional experience working with a wide range of concerns, including relationship and family stress, grief, parenting strain, career challenges, ADHD, bipolar and mood disorders, substance use, and issues around identity. She avoids stigmatizing labels and aims to create a respectful space for honest work. People can expect Shelby to collaborate on a clear plan and practical tools.
She helps clients build coping strategies that fit busy lives. The approach is flexible and adapts as needs change.
Approaches that fit into online therapy
Shelby uses client-centered work to keep the focus on each person's experience. This approach centers the conversation on what matters to you and helps shape goals and next steps together. It is useful for people who want a respectful, nonjudgmental space to talk about stress, anxiety, relationships, or life changes.She also brings mindfulness practices into sessions to build present-moment skills. Mindfulness helps reduce reactivity, improve focus, and offer simple tools people can use between appointments when feeling overwhelmed. For people affected by past harm, Shelby incorporates trauma-focused methods that address how traumatic events continue to affect daily life and relationships.
Finding the right fit for therapy is part of the work. Shelby collaborates with each person to choose which approaches to try based on goals, needs, and personal preferences. She checks in regularly and adjusts the plan when something is not working or when priorities change.
Online formats make this work more flexible. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and full discussion of emotions. Phone sessions can fit into a lunch break or be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat or text-based messaging are useful for brief check-ins, skill practice, or when typing feels more comfortable. These options help people access regular support without major travel or schedule disruption.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Co-morbidity
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Idaho
- Languages
- English
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