About Shelley
Shelley Aeschliman is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Wisconsin with 14 years of experience. She helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, or problems in their relationships. Shelley listens with respect and a focus on practical steps people can take right away.
Shelley works with clients who have been hurt by trauma or abuse and those struggling with low self-esteem or motivation. She also supports people dealing with attachment and abandonment concerns, codependency, communication and control issues, and impulsivity.
Background and approach
Shelley names these struggles plainly so they can be addressed directly in sessions. Her approach centers on collaboration. Sessions look different depending on each person’s needs.
Shelley draws on client-centered work to follow the person’s lead and prioritize what matters most to them in the moment. She also uses cognitive behavioral tools to identify unhelpful thinking and build new skills. Dialectical behavior strategies are used when emotion regulation and distress tolerance need strengthening.
Emotion-focused ideas guide work on improving connection and understanding in relationships. Shelley keeps plans focused and time-sensitive when that fits a client's goals. She values sensitivity and compassion while helping people make small, practical changes.
The first step is reaching out and describing what feels hardest now.
How Shelley uses proven methods online
Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening and following the client’s lead to set goals together; it helps people who need space to sort feelings and decide what they want to change. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and trying new behaviors to reduce anxiety and depression symptoms. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, adds skills for managing intense emotions and handling stressful moments without making things worse.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Shelley will work with each person to pick methods that match their goals and preferences. That means trying practical tools first, then adjusting based on what helps most in real life.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls let you work face to face when meeting in person is hard. Phone sessions can be a good fit when video is not convenient or bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging allow for short check-ins or ongoing support between sessions. These options create flexibility so therapy can fit around work, school, and family life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Gottman Method
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- Wisconsin
- Languages
- English
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