Shellene Hattersley

Shellene Hattersley is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in Florida with seven years of clinical experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, low self-esteem, depression, and life changes. Sessions focus on practical steps to manage symptoms and make clearer decisions about what comes next.

Before becoming an LCSW, Shellene spent years in social services and community mental health settings. That background shaped how she structures sessions - straightforward, skills-based, and attentive to life demands like caregiving or work stress. She draws on strategies from cognitive and behavioral approaches to address thinking patterns and day-to-day coping.

Her style blends Client-Centered Therapy with cognitive behavioral techniques and mindfulness practices. That means clients can expect conversations about goals, experiments to test new behaviors, and simple mindfulness tools to reduce overwhelm. Motivational interviewing also appears when people are ambivalent about change, helping them identify what matters most.

Shellene also pays attention to attachment and abandonment concerns, body image, communication problems, and the emotional effects of separation or divorce. She incorporates DBT-informed skills when intense emotions or relationship patterns come up. Work with her often looks like practicing new responses, reviewing what worked, and adjusting plans for real life.

Sessions are offered in English and are based in Florida. Therapy uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session through the online therapy options button.

How Shellene uses therapeutic approaches online

Shellene uses Client-Centered Therapy to focus on each person's priorities and values, listening to what matters most and shaping sessions around those goals. This approach helps people clarify what they want when they feel uncertain about the next step.

She also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to identify unhelpful thinking and test small behavior changes. CBT is practical for managing anxiety, low mood, and decision-making by breaking problems into manageable steps.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Shellene will collaborate with clients to decide which methods fit best based on their needs, goals, and preferences. That decision can change over time as progress and new priorities emerge.

Confirm the exact online session formats before booking, as this profile does not list specific delivery methods. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into busy days, reduce travel time, and allow brief check-ins when schedules are tight. Many people find video or phone sessions helpful for keeping continuity of care while juggling work, caregiving, or other commitments.