About Shelley
Shelley Stisser is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 19 years of experience helping people who are anxious, stressed, or facing depression. She practices in Texas and supports adults through changes, grief, and struggles with self-esteem and addictive or eating-related behaviors. Shelley uses a straightforward, compassionate approach that helps people talk through immediate problems and plan practical next steps.
Her work begins by listening to what a person values and what gets in the way.
Background and approach
She draws on client-centered therapy to follow each person’s goals and build on existing strengths. Cognitive behavioral techniques are used to spot unhelpful thinking and try small experiments that can reduce anxiety and panic symptoms. Shelley also integrates dialectical behavior therapy skills and mindfulness to help people manage strong emotions and respond differently to stress.
Motivational interviewing supports change when habits or addictions feel stuck. She blends these methods rather than relying on a single tool. In sessions she helps people name feelings, practice coping skills, and set realistic steps for change.
Topics she often addresses include codependency, body image, caregiver stress, chronic pain or illness, mood struggles, and family of origin concerns. Her style is practical and calm, focused on what people can do between sessions. People who work with Shelley typically engage in honest, steady work toward clearer goals and better daily coping.
She encourages small, sustainable changes and checks in on what’s working as therapy moves forward.
Using CBT, DBT, and Client-Centered Methods Online
Client-centered therapy focuses on the person’s priorities and values. It involves listening carefully, reflecting what’s said, and helping each person set goals that matter to them. This approach helps people feel heard and shapes the work to their needs.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, behaviors, and feelings interact. It teaches practical steps such as spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety and panic symptoms. CBT is often used for worry, depression, and obsessive thoughts.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, brings in skills for managing intense emotions and improving coping. Simple DBT tools include grounding, distress tolerance, and emotion regulation strategies that can lower reactivity and help with mood swings and stress.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods to try first based on goals, symptoms, and personal preferences. This is an ongoing conversation and adjustments are made as progress is tracked.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people use visual cues while phone calls can save bandwidth or be a faster check-in. Live chat and text messaging allow short, timely reflections between sessions and can fit into busy days. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent when schedules or locations change.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Addictions
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family of origin issues
- Guilt and shame
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 19 years
- Licensed
- Arizona, Texas, New Mexico
- Languages
- English
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