About Shelle
Shelle Savill is a licensed professional counselor with 21 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, and relationship problems. She works with concerns such as bipolar disorder, grief, trauma and abuse, eating issues, anger, low self-esteem, and life changes. She practices in Pennsylvania and offers sessions in English.
Shelle favors a straightforward, empathetic style. She listens closely and helps people name what they are feeling. Conversations focus on practical steps and understanding patterns that get in the way of daily life.
Background and approach
Her work often looks at attachment and how early relationships affect current bonds. She uses client-centered techniques to follow each person’s pace and priorities. Emotionally-Focused Therapy ideas guide conversations about feelings in relationships.
For people facing trauma, she draws on trauma-focused and psychodynamic approaches to trace how past events influence present behavior. That can help when someone struggles with obsessions, panic, shame, or repeated relationship problems. Shelle also supports those recovering from substance use and people coping with postpartum challenges or mood disorder symptoms.
She helps clients build clearer goals, set practical strategies, and practice new ways of interacting with themselves and others.
How She Approaches Therapy Online and by Phone
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns shape current connections. It helps people understand why they react certain ways in close relationships and develop healthier interaction habits. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening and following the client's priorities. The therapist offers acceptance and reflection so the person can discover solutions at their own pace. Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, life context, and preferences during early sessions and adjust methods based on what feels most helpful to the client. This makes it easier to focus on meaningful change rather than fitting a single technique. Online work uses video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make counseling flexible. Video lets people use visual cues when discussing relationships. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or for a quieter, simpler check-in. Live chat and text messaging allow brief check-ins and written reflection between longer sessions. These options help people fit therapy into work, caregiving responsibilities, or travel while keeping continuity of care.Questions people ask
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Co-morbidity
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Postpartum depression
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 21 years
- Licensed
- Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English