About Shelly
Shelly Goodman is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Michigan with 13 years of experience. She works with adults and young adults who are dealing with stress, anxiety, grief, addiction, mood changes, and life transitions. Her approach is direct and practical, aimed at helping people feel more in control day to day.
Shelly earned a master’s degree in Rehabilitation Counseling and has long worked in mental health and substance use settings.
Background and approach
She brings experience supporting people facing depression, ADHD, trauma and substance-related concerns. Her training shaped a focus on clear tools alongside empathetic listening. In sessions she uses methods that help people notice what matters and take manageable steps toward it.
That can mean trying new ways to handle anxious thoughts, changing habits that feed substance use, or practicing calmer reactions when stress builds. Shelly explains tools simply and practices them together with each person. Shelly aims for a collaborative style where goals are set together.
She often blends acceptance-based ideas with practical behavior-focused strategies and mindfulness exercises. Clients leave sessions with concrete steps to try between meetings. Her work also covers relationship and intimacy questions, career stress, parenting strain, sleep problems, and burnout.
Sessions are offered in English and are delivered via video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs.
How therapy approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts without getting stuck in them and then take actions that match their values. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thought patterns and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms like panic, low mood, or sleep problems. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and improve focus during stressful moments.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Shelly collaborates with each person to choose or blend methods that match their goals and daily life. She checks in regularly and adjusts strategies based on what is working and what feels realistic for the client.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls let the conversation feel like an in-person visit while saving travel time. Phone sessions can be a shorter check-in or an option when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging allow brief, written exchanges for coaching-style support or quick coping reminders between sessions. These formats make scheduling more flexible and allow therapy to fit into work, school, or caregiving routines.
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What this counselor works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Narcissism
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 13 years
- Licensed
- Michigan
- Languages
- English