About Shelly
Shelly Proper is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Pennsylvania with 17 years of clinical experience. She focuses on common concerns such as stress, anxiety, depression, grief, sleep problems, addictions, relationship strain, parenting challenges, and ADHD. Her tone is warm and straightforward and she aims to help people find workable steps forward.
Shelly draws on practical, evidence-informed approaches. Sessions are interactive and collaborative. She encourages people to name their goals and try small changes that fit their daily life.
Background and approach
Skill-building and plain language are central parts of her style. Her background includes work in independent practice, agencies, schools, and higher education. She also holds a post-master's certificate to teach psychology and has experience with educational planning.
That range of settings helps her adapt strategies to different life roles and routines. Shelly blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Emotionally-Focused Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and Solution-Focused Therapy. She uses these methods to teach coping skills, emotion regulation, and relationship awareness.
Sessions emphasize clear tools rather than jargon. People meet Shelly to tackle immediate problems and longer-term patterns. She helps clients sort priorities, manage stress, and build routines that support sleep and focus.
Her approach aims to make therapy feel useful from the start.
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without letting them drive behavior, and then choose meaningful actions. It can help with anxiety, depression, and problems of focus. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) teaches practical skills to change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns, which is useful for stress, sleep problems, and mood struggles. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) focuses on identifying and changing emotional responses in relationships to improve closeness and understanding.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will ask about a person's goals, daily routine, and preferences and then suggest methods to try. Sessions are collaborative, with a focus on what helps the individual make steady changes in life.
Online formats here include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction for longer sessions and skill practice. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or for brief check-ins. Live chat and text messaging work well for shorter exchanges, coaching-style support, or when someone wants to track progress between sessions. These options offer flexibility to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or busy schedules.
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What this therapist 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
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