Shelley Dodt

Shelley Dodt is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) who focuses on helping people change behaviors that no longer serve them. She listens closely and works alongside clients to find practical ways to cope with stress, anxiety, career questions, and life transitions. Her approach is grounded in kindness, mindfulness, and a light touch of humor to make hard work feel possible.

Shelley encourages people to keep whatever is working and to change what isn’t. She teaches simple coping skills and tools for spotting life’s triggers and navigating around them. Mindfulness is a central part of her work, offering concrete practices to calm the body and steady thinking.

She brings five years of clinical experience to sessions and draws on cognitive and behavioral methods to help people rethink patterns that cause pain. Shelley also uses motivational strategies to support real change and DBT ideas when stronger emotion regulation skills are needed.

Clients can expect practical goal-setting and a focus on strengths. Shelley helps people examine relationships, career concerns, grief, trauma effects, and issues like low self-esteem or sleep problems. She supports people through parenting strain, caregiving stress, and the complex emotions that come with chronic illness.

Shelley’s style is straightforward and warm. She aims to help people feel clearer, act differently, and build a life that fits their values. To begin, prospective clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule sessions according to her availability.

How Shelley uses evidence-based approaches online

Shelley commonly draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Mindfulness Therapy to help people change unhelpful thoughts and build coping skills. CBT focuses on identifying thought patterns and testing them against real life, which can reduce anxiety and depression. Mindfulness Therapy teaches attention and breathing exercises to calm the body and reduce reactivity, useful for stress, grief, and sleep problems.

She also integrates elements of Dialectical Behavior Therapy when stronger emotion regulation and distress tolerance skills are needed. DBT-based techniques help people tolerate intense feelings and make steady choices during difficult moments. Shelley treats selecting the right approach as a shared process and discusses options with each person to match goals, needs, and preferences.r>
Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions around work, caregiving, or medical appointments and can reduce travel time. It also allows quick check-ins and steady weekly meetings that help maintain momentum while people apply new skills between sessions.