About Shantelle
Shantelle Wells is a Licensed Professional Counselor practicing in Missouri and Kansas. She brings 18 years of work in mental health to sessions and focuses on helping people cope with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, relationship challenges, parenting strain, and career concerns. Shantelle aims to help people who feel stuck or overwhelmed by life changes regain a sense of direction and calm.
She keeps sessions straightforward and practical. Conversations center on current struggles and what can change now.
Background and approach
She listens with empathy and encourages small, manageable steps that build momentum over time. The goal is clearer thinking and more useful habits rather than complex theories. Shantelle uses approaches drawn from attachment-based work, client-centered methods, and cognitive behavioral strategies.
That mix helps people understand relationship patterns, see how thoughts affect feelings, and practice new ways of responding. Solution-focused ideas are used to identify concrete goals and next steps. Clients who come for help with trauma, panic, or grief can expect steady support and a focus on safety and coping skills.
For relationship or communication problems she helps people notice patterns and try different choices. Parenting concerns are addressed with practical strategies that fit daily life. Her style is warm and down-to-earth.
She values honesty, gentle challenge, and partnership in therapy. People who want clear tools and compassionate guidance often find this approach helpful.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online work
Attachment-based work focuses on patterns in close relationships and helps people see how early and current connections shape reactions; it can be useful for those struggling with trust, abandonment fears, or communication problems. Client-centered therapy centers conversations on the person's experience, using empathy and nonjudgmental listening to help people name feelings and make their own choices. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, teaches ways to notice unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors, which is often helpful for anxiety, panic, and depression.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences during early sessions and combine methods when that makes sense. Together they will try options and adjust the plan based on what helps most.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video allows face-to-face conversation for interactive work and emotion-focused moments. Phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and messaging are useful for brief check-ins, quick skill practice, or when a flexible schedule makes real-time sessions harder. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and keep momentum between sessions.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 18 years
- Licensed
- Missouri, Kansas
- Languages
- English