Shelley Goldstein is a Licensed Professional Counselor who combines practical guidance with a calm, approachable manner.
01About Shelley
Shelley Goldstein is a Licensed Professional Counselor who combines practical guidance with a calm, approachable manner. She brings six years of counseling experience and a background in educational settings to sessions. Shelley aims to help people reduce anxiety, manage stress, and sort through identity and relationship concerns.
She offers straightforward support with warmth and occasional lightness when it helps the work move forward. Shelley uses methods that focus on values, present-moment choices, and the client’s own goals.
Background and approach
She pays attention to how attachment patterns, communication habits, and past wounds affect day-to-day life. In sessions she helps people clarify what matters to them and take small, concrete steps toward change. Conversations are grounded and practical rather than abstract.
People come to Shelley for issues like anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, eating concerns, and struggles with self-esteem or body image. She also supports those navigating ADHD, gender dysphoria, first responder stress, and difficulties tied to family dynamics. Her work addresses both immediate coping and longer-term growth.
Sessions often blend acceptance-oriented tools with client-centered listening and brief solution-focused techniques. Shelley can include eye movement desensitization and reprocessing for trauma when appropriate. She aims to match the approach to each person’s needs rather than using a single method for everyone.
Shelley practices in Texas and conducts therapy in English. She describes her style as collaborative, steady, and nonjudgmental, focusing on helping people feel more able to handle life’s ups and downs.
02Credentials
- LPC (Texas)
- License 76692 · expires December 2027
- NPI
- 1356917645 · national provider identifier
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03Focus areas and approaches
Everything Shelley lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Self esteem
- ADHD
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Young adult issues
Methods Shelley names
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Solution-Focused Therapy
These are the methods Shelley names on their own professional profile. Naming an approach is not evidence of training or certification in it, and this directory checks no training records. Ask directly if it matters to you.
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04Online support
Approaches That Translate Well to Online Care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy focuses on helping people notice what matters to them and take actions that match their values. It uses practical exercises to reduce avoidance and increase meaningful activity, which can help with anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes.Client-Centered Therapy centers on empathic listening and creating a nonjudgmental space. The therapist follows the person’s lead, reflects understanding, and helps clients find their own solutions for issues like self-esteem, relationship patterns, and identity questions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Shelley will talk with each person about goals and preferences and pick methods that fit those aims. That collaborative process means approaches can shift as needs change, combining short-term problem solving with longer-term values-based work.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for in-depth conversations and exercises that benefit from visual cues. Phone sessions can be a good fit when bandwidth is limited or when a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and messaging let people share thoughts between sessions or have brief, focused exchanges without scheduling a full call. These formats offer flexibility to fit therapy into busy schedules and different life demands.
05Questions people ask
What concerns does Shelley help with?
Shelley works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, eating concerns, and self-esteem issues. She also addresses ADHD, gender dysphoria, first responder issues, and many family or relationship-related problems.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is calm, collaborative, and practical. Sessions mix listening with tools from acceptance-oriented and client-centered work, plus solution-focused techniques for short-term goals.
What is her background and experience?
Shelley has six years of experience as a counselor and additional experience working in educational settings. She brings that school-based perspective into her therapeutic work.
Where is Shelley licensed and based?
Shelley holds a Texas Licensed Professional Counselor license, listed as LPC. She practices in Texas and provides services from that location.
In which language are sessions offered?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be conducted by video call, phone session, live chat, or through text-based messaging. Different formats allow flexibility depending on the need.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and is managed through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. Exact rates depend on the subscription tier.
How do I begin working with Shelley?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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