Shelly Daniel

Shelly Daniel is a licensed clinical social worker who focuses on helping people move past feelings of being stuck. She brings 10 years of experience as an LCSW (Licensed Clinical Social Worker) and CSW, and enjoys supporting clients through stress, anxiety, grief, relationship strain, depression, and career questions. She emphasizes practical steps and skill building so people can function better day to day.

Shelly works with a strength-focused, collaborative style. She helps clients notice what is already working and build on those strengths. Sessions often include learning emotion regulation, coping skills, and ways to improve communication with others.

Her approach blends client-centered care with methods that teach concrete tools. That can mean using cognitive behavioral techniques to spot unhelpful thoughts, DBT skills for managing intense emotions, or mindfulness practices to reduce reactivity. She also uses solution-focused strategies to set short-term goals and track progress.

Shelly has a broad set of focus areas. In addition to common concerns like anxiety and depression, she supports people facing addiction, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, caregiver stress, attachment and abandonment issues, and career-related transitions. She also addresses relationship patterns, blended family issues, and forgiveness work.

People who do best with her often want to try new ways of thinking and behaving. In sessions she offers steady support, clear guidance, and practical exercises to try between meetings. To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule according to therapist availability.

How these approaches guide online work

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening, empathy, and helping people set the pace. In online sessions this means the therapist follows the client's concerns and prioritizes what matters most to them. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) teaches practical skills to notice thought patterns and try new behaviors, which can be practiced between sessions and reviewed remotely. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) emphasizes emotion regulation and coping skills for intense feelings, offering concrete strategies that clients can learn and apply in daily life.

Choosing the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will work with each person to identify which methods fit their goals, needs, and preferences. That collaborative process may include trying one method for a few sessions and then adjusting based on what helps most.

Session logistics should fit into a client's routine. Because specific session formats are not listed here, confirm the current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit appointments into a workday, reduce travel time, or have shorter check-ins when needed. Licensed professionals can use a mix of discussion, skills coaching, and homework assignments so progress continues between meetings.