About Shelley
Shelley Janz is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with two decades of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, grief, relationship strain, and life changes. She works with individuals facing addictions, trauma, depression, and challenges around intimacy, parenting, or career concerns. Shelley also supports people dealing with compassion fatigue, ADHD, and a broad range of family-origin and communication problems.
She brings a calm, person-centered approach to sessions. Shelley listens first to understand each person’s goals.
Background and approach
Then she helps build a clear plan that fits those goals and everyday life. Her style is inclusive and nonjudgmental, and she treats everyone with dignity and respect. Shelley uses practical methods matched to the situation.
She draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to spot and shift unhelpful thinking. Dialectical behavior ideas are used when emotion regulation and interpersonal skills are needed. Motivational interviewing helps when someone is weighing change or struggling with addiction.
Over more than 20 years in Wisconsin settings, she has worked with people facing end-of-life concerns, caregivers under stress, first responder issues, and blended-family dynamics. That background informs how she helps people cope with complex, overlapping problems like chronic illness or co-morbid concerns. Sessions are offered in English and take a collaborative tone.
Shelley focuses on small, achievable steps and practical tools that fit a person’s routine. She aims to make therapy feel manageable, not overwhelming. People who choose Shelley can expect straightforward conversation, a plan tied to their goals, and techniques they can use between sessions.
She guides progress while adapting the approach as needs change.
How her approaches fit online therapy
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and responding to what matters most to the person. It helps create a supportive space where goals are set together and steps are taken at a comfortable pace. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and offers practical exercises to shift unhelpful patterns; it is useful for anxiety, depression, and stress. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) emphasizes skills for managing intense emotions and improving relationships, which can help with anger, emotional overwhelm, and interpersonal conflict.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Shelley will work with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences. She adapts tools over time when something isn’t working so the plan stays relevant and realistic.
Online formats provide flexibility for busy lives. Video calls let people meet face-to-face when a deeper conversation is needed. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or to fit a work break. Live chat and text-based messaging support quick check-ins, brief coaching, or follow-up between sessions. These options make it simpler to keep momentum and use therapeutic skills in real time.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Parenting issues
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Wisconsin
- Languages
- English
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