About Shelly
Shelly Huffman brings 23 years of counseling experience to her work in Washington. She holds LCPC and LMHC credentials and focuses on practical support for people facing stress, anxiety, trauma, relationship strain, and identity concerns. Her style pairs warm compassion with direct, clear feedback so people know what to try next.
Huffman listens for how and when problems have shown up in a person's life. She pays attention to patterns and triggers, and helps clients notice the signals their lives are sending.
Background and approach
Sessions are collaborative - she asks questions, offers observations, and helps set small, realistic steps to try between meetings. Her experience includes helping people cope with life changes, manage social anxiety, and work through feelings of guilt, shame, isolation, and loss. She also supports those navigating issues related to LGBT identity and relationship challenges.
The focus is on usable strategies that make day-to-day life easier. In the room, she blends empathy with practical suggestions. Conversations are straightforward and aimed at change.
Clients often leave sessions with clear ideas to test and adjust in real life. Huffman encourages a steady, patient approach to healing. She helps people name what matters most, set achievable goals, and notice progress along the way.
The work is paced to each person’s needs and life demands.
Therapeutic approaches and online options that fit your life
Two evidence-based approaches often used to address anxiety, trauma, and relationship concerns are problem-focused work and trauma-informed care. Problem-focused work breaks concerns into manageable parts, identifies patterns, and builds step-by-step coping strategies to reduce symptoms and improve daily functioning. Trauma-informed care pays attention to how difficult events shaped feelings and beliefs, and helps people rebuild a sense of safety and control at a comfortable pace.Another common approach is skills-based coaching for stress and social anxiety. This involves practicing specific techniques for calming the body, improving communication, and testing new behaviors in small, supported ways. These techniques are practical and designed to be used between sessions to create change over time.
Finding the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and preferences, and together they will decide which methods to try first. Plans can be adjusted as progress is reviewed so the work stays aligned with what matters most to the client.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be a good choice when a hands-free check-in is needed or bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief check-ins, paced reflection, or when writing feels easier than speaking. These formats make it possible to fit therapy into busy schedules and different lifestyles.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Experience
- 23 years
- Licensed
- Washington, Kansas
- Languages
- English