About Shelly
Shelly Proper is a Licensed Professional Counselor practicing in Pennsylvania. She brings 17 years of clinical experience and a practical focus on everyday problems like stress, anxiety, sleep trouble, depression, grief, and addiction. Shelly works with adults 25 and older and helps people handle parenting stress, career changes, ADHD, and relationship challenges.
Her approach is warm and interactive. She listens first, then helps clients name clear goals and try doable steps.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on skills that can be used between meetings and on finding practical options that fit each person's life. Shelly uses a mix of proven approaches to tailor care to each person.
Her work draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to clarify values and take meaningful action, and Emotionally-Focused Therapy to address relationship patterns and emotional connection. She also draws from Dialectical Behavior Therapy and solution-focused ideas when helpful.
Before independent practice she worked in agencies, schools, and higher education, and she has a post-master's certificate to teach psychology. That background informs how she explains ideas and builds realistic plans with clients. Shelly aims to help people regain control after difficult life events.
Her style balances empathy with practical tools so clients can try things, adjust, and notice progress over time.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people clarify what matters most to them and take small, committed steps toward those values. It’s useful for anxiety, depression, and making life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying thoughts and behaviors that get in the way and practicing new, more helpful habits; it’s often used for anxiety, sleep problems, and depression. Emotionally-Focused Therapy looks at emotional patterns that affect close relationships and helps people change how they respond to strong feelings.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Shelly will collaborate with each person to choose or blend methods based on their goals and preferences. That means experimenting and adjusting over time so the plan fits day-to-day life and feels useful.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when seeing body language matters. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or you need a shorter check-in. Live chat and text-based messaging let people share thoughts between sessions or fit support into a busy schedule. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent while balancing work, caregiving, and other demands.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Life purpose
- Parenting issues
- Postpartum depression
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 17 years
- Licensed
- Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English