About Shelly
Shelly Wims is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Missouri who has three years of clinical experience in behavioral health. She supports people facing stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, and depression. Her approach is warm and interactive, focused on listening and understanding each person's story.
Shelly aims to make sessions feel respectful and nonjudgmental. She uses practical, evidence-based techniques to help people spot and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.
Background and approach
She emphasizes compassion and tailors work to each person's goals and strengths. In session, she often uses tools drawn from cognitive behavioral methods. That can include noticing patterns of thinking, practicing new coping skills, and testing small behavior changes between meetings.
Motivational interviewing is also part of her toolbox when people are working through substance use or finding the motivation to change. Shelly also draws on strategies from dialectical behavior approaches to teach emotional regulation and distress tolerance skills. Those tools can be helpful for managing intense emotions and reducing self-harm urges.
Treatment plans are adjusted as people make progress and as their needs change. Her work addresses related concerns such as drug and alcohol addiction, mood disorders, post-traumatic stress, guilt and shame, emptiness, and building self-love. Shelly encourages practical steps and steady progress while honoring the challenges people bring into the room.
How evidence-based approaches work online
CBT, or cognitive behavioral therapy, helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and try different responses. It is often used for anxiety, depression, and stress by practicing small changes and new coping skills between sessions.Motivational interviewing focuses on building a persons own reasons for change. It is useful when someone is struggling with substance use or low motivation, and it uses open questions and reflective listening to strengthen commitment.
Dialectical behavior techniques teach emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal skills. These strategies can reduce intense emotions and lower urges to harm oneself by offering concrete skills to practice during stressful moments.
Shelly works collaboratively to find the right mix of approaches for each person. She will talk with clients about their goals and preferences and adjust techniques as progress is made. Choosing an approach is part of therapy rather than a one-time decision.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video is good for deeper conversations and skill coaching. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat or text works well for brief check-ins, homework support, or when a shorter contact fits a busy day. These options make it easier to schedule regular meetings and keep progress moving forward.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Mood disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Missouri
- Languages
- English
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