Hi, I'm Shelley!
I am a Licensed Professional Counselor (Texas) and a Marriage and Family Therapist (Florida) with many years of experience helping individuals grow. I specialize in helping adults, couples, and adolescents deal with PTSD and trauma, anger management, grief, depression and anxiety.
I have been married for more than 34 years and have three adult sons. I have experience with navigating life issues, the academic process with my own son’s dyslexia and ADHD. I became interested in counseling while volunteering as a Crisis Counselor. I had the unique opportunity to provide long term counseling relationships with several sexually active adolescent girls with image/self -worth, family relationships, trauma and suicidal ideation.
I provide equine assisted therapy for Veterans suffering from PTSD for the Rise Up program in Hastings, Florida.
Mission
My mission is to provide an emotional safe space for clients so they can be their authentic selves. I aim to empower individuals to grow and become happy and healthier with each visit. The sessions allow me to help clients move through the emotional suffering of trauma and depleting energy of emotional pain and grief.
Training
1. Emotional Focused Therapy
2. Natural Lifemanship – Equine Therapy
3. Christian Prep – A Lasting Promise
4. Completed National Marriage & Family Therapist Exam
5. Gottman Method
6. Prepare & Enrich Premarital And Marriage Therapy
7. Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing therapy
8. Brain Spotting
9. Sensorimotor Psychotherapy
10. Polyvagal Therapy