About Shellene
Shellene Hattersley is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Florida with seven years of experience. She focuses on helping adults manage stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship strain. Shellene aims to create a calm space where people can talk through what feels overwhelming and find practical steps forward.
She uses straightforward tools from client-centered therapy to help people feel heard and understood. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy techniques are offered to identify unhelpful thoughts and build alternative ways of responding.
Background and approach
Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills and mindfulness practices are used to manage strong emotions and improve day-to-day coping. Shellene draws on experience in community mental health and independent practice settings. That background shapes a practical, down-to-earth style that emphasizes strengths and small, steady changes.
Sessions are paced to match each person’s needs and goals. Common issues she addresses include attachment and abandonment concerns, body image, caregiver stress, communication problems, and transitions like divorce or life purpose questions. She also supports people facing mood disorders, post-traumatic stress, seasonal affective shifts, and challenges related to military service.
Therapy with Shellene blends listening with concrete strategies. People can expect to set clear goals, practice new skills between sessions, and adjust the plan as progress unfolds. She works in English and provides sessions through video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How her approaches translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy prioritizes the person’s experience and goals. The therapist listens closely, reflects what she hears, and helps people set their own priorities and next steps. This approach helps when someone needs a steady, understanding presence while sorting through worry or life changes.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions. Online sessions can include learning to spot unhelpful thoughts, testing them against reality, and practicing new behaviors between meetings. CBT is useful for anxiety, low mood, and problem-solving around relationships and routines.
Finding the right approach happens together. The therapist will discuss goals, try strategies, and adjust the plan based on what helps most. This collaborative process means sessions change as progress is made and as needs evolve.
Online therapy offers flexibility in how people connect. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions work well when video is not possible, and live chat or text-based messaging can be used for quick check-ins or when writing out thoughts helps. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or other commitments and to continue steady work on stress and anxiety without long commutes.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English
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