Shelly Daniel , LCSW, CSW

Shelly Daniel enjoys helping people work through both routine and unexpected life challenges, and her goal is to support clients so they can thrive and function at their best. She has wanted to work as a helper since high school and describes being a therapist as a true vocation. Her approach is grounded in integrity and clinical skill, with credentials that include LCSW - Licensed Clinical Social Worker - and CSW - Clinical Social Worker.

Shelly focuses on teaching practical skills that promote useful thinking, mindful living, and healthier relationships. She assists clients who feel stuck, worried, stressed, anxious, depressed, uncertain, apathetic, disillusioned, disappointed, or confused, helping them identify strengths, limitations, and opportunities for growth. Her work emphasizes strength-focused support, healthy coping strategies, emotion regulation, solution-building, and interpersonal effectiveness.

Shelly does her best work with people who recognize a need for change and are open to trying new ways of thinking and behaving. She partners with clients in taking practical steps toward their mental, emotional, and spiritual goals, bringing keen awareness, empathy, and steadfastness to the counseling process to facilitate insight and forward movement.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Shelly Daniel integrates client-centered therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy to guide online sessions that focus on the client's values and practical problem solving. Client-centered therapy emphasizes empathy, active listening, and collaboration so clients feel heard and can explore goals at their own pace. Cognitive behavioral therapy helps identify unhelpful thought patterns and develop concrete strategies to change behaviors and reduce distress.

She also draws on dialectical behavior therapy techniques when emotion regulation and interpersonal effectiveness are priorities, teaching skills for tolerating distress, managing strong emotions, and improving communication. The selection of approaches is collaborative - the therapist and client work together to determine which methods fit the client's needs, goals, and preferences, and adjust the plan as progress unfolds.

Online therapy with licensed professionals offers flexible options such as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, making it easier to fit care into busy schedules and to maintain consistency across life changes. These formats allow therapists to provide skill-building, coping strategies, and relationship work in ways that align with each client's routine and comfort.