- CBT strategies
- DBT skills
- Client-centered care
About Kelly
Kelly Shelton is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in Florida with 14 years of professional experience. She focuses on relationship concerns, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, coping with life changes, and compassion fatigue. Kelly helps people who notice old family patterns affecting their current relationships and choices.
She uses straightforward conversation and practical strategies in sessions. Kelly draws on Client-Centered ideas to listen and build goals together. She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify thought patterns, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills for managing intense emotions.
Kelly often works with issues tied to family of origin, attachment questions, codependency, abandonment, and communication problems. She also addresses divorce and separation, infidelity, guilt and shame, and feelings of emptiness. Her clinical work has included coping after disasters and managing dissociation and disruptive mood symptoms when they arise.
In sessions she focuses on concrete steps people can try between meetings. That might include small behavior experiments, emotion regulation skills, or communication practice. She explains options in everyday language and adjusts the pace to what each person needs.
Kelly’s Florida LCSW grounds her clinical work. Her background includes 14 years of direct practice with adults facing relationship strain and life transitions. Prospective clients who want to explore how their family history shapes current patterns can start by reviewing session options and the matching process on the site.
How her approaches translate to online sessions
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and working toward goals the client sets. In practice this means the therapist asks open questions, reflects what she hears, and helps people clarify what they want to change. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and uses practical exercises to test new ways of thinking. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers concrete skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and clearer communication.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Kelly collaborates with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. She reviews options, explains how techniques are used, and adapts the plan as progress and feedback emerge.
Confirm the current session options before booking so you know which formats are offered. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, avoid travel time, and use shorter check-ins when needed. They also allow practicing communication or emotion skills in the contexts where challenges actually happen. Licensed professionals and therapists often combine conversation, skill practice, and brief between-session tasks to keep momentum when meeting remotely.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
14+ years
Listed in
Florida
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she address?
She works with relationship issues, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, coping with life changes, and compassion fatigue. Additional areas include attachment, codependency, abandonment, communication, and family of origin issues.
What is her therapeutic style?
She uses a mix of Client-Centered listening and practical therapies like CBT and DBT. Sessions focus on clear goals, skill practice, and everyday language.
How much experience does she have?
Kelly has 14 years of professional experience working with adults on relationship and life-change concerns.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in Florida and practices from that state.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English only.
Does she work with international clients?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are sessions scheduled and what about cost?
Session cost varies with location and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. Confirm pricing details during the matching process.
How do I get started?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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