Shelby Fryar, LPC - Therapist in Tennessee

About Shelby

Shelby Fryar is a Licensed Professional Counselor who helps people dealing with stress, anxiety, addiction, trauma, depression, and fatigue from daily life. She works with concerns around relationships, family stress, grief, intimacy-related issues, eating struggles, and coping with major life changes. Shelby practices in Tennessee and draws on several evidence-informed methods to guide the work.

Shelby uses a client-directed style. Sessions let the person set the pace and priorities while she offers practical support.

Background and approach

She blends skills-based work with space to process difficult memories and emotions. The focus is on clear, useful tools and steady emotional support. Her approach often brings in mindfulness and behavioral skills from Dialectical Behavior Therapy to help manage strong emotions.

Shelby also uses Motivational Interviewing to explore values and make change feel more doable. For trauma, she incorporates Trauma-Focused methods and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing when appropriate. Shelby has worked in independent practice and residential settings supporting people in acute crisis and those facing addiction.

She brings three years of clinical experience and holds licensure as an LPC in Tennessee and Texas. She describes the work as collaborative and goal oriented to help people get more out of life. People who prefer a mix of skills practice and talk therapy may find her approach accessible.

Shelby emphasizes real-world strategies you can use between sessions and helps clients adjust the pace as needed.

Approaches used online and how they help

Shelby uses Attachment-Based ideas to look at how early relationships shape current patterns and to help people build more satisfying connections and coping habits. Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills are used to teach emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and mindfulness so strong feelings feel more manageable. She also uses Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing for trauma work when it fits the clients needs and readiness.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Shelby will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what has worked or not in the past. Together they choose techniques and pace the work so the therapy feels doable and focused on practical change.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm current session options before booking since formats are not specified here. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. It can also let a client practice skills in the settings where they live and work. Licensed professionals adapt exercises and trauma approaches for remote sessions, and Shelby will help decide what will work best for each person.

Attachment-Based Therapy

Looks at how early bonds shaped what you expect from closeness, and how that plays out now with a partner, a parent, or your own children.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

Concrete skills for riding out strong emotion, tolerating distress, and handling relationships without things escalating. The skills are practised in daily life, so between-session support by message or phone fits naturally.

EMDR

A structured protocol used with distressing memories, pairing recall with guided attention tasks. Some therapists adapt it for video sessions; whether that fits is worth asking about directly.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Shelby commonly address?

Shelby supports people facing stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, depression, grief, and struggles with self-esteem and life transitions.

How would you describe her therapeutic style?

Her style is client-directed and practical. Shelby uses supportive listening alongside skills practice so clients can steer the work.

What background and experience does Shelby bring?

She has three years of clinical experience and has worked in independent practice and residential settings with acute crisis and addiction.

What credentials and location are listed for Shelby?

Shelby is a Licensed Professional Counselor with licensure in Tennessee and Texas and practices out of Tennessee.

Which languages are sessions offered in?

Sessions are offered in English.

Does Shelby work with international clients?

She does not accept international clients at this time.

How does payment or cost work?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin therapy with Shelby?

Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.

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Experience: 3 years
Licensed: Tennessee, Texas
Languages: English

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