Shelly Goodman
Compassionate, practical therapy for everyday challenges
- Credentials
- LPC
- Experience
- 13 years
- Licensed in
- Michigan
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Shelly
Shelly Goodman is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Michigan with 13 years of experience. She brings practical skills from her work in mental health and substance use settings. Shelly aims to make therapy straightforward and usable for busy parents and adults.
Her style is warm and focused on everyday changes rather than jargon-filled talk. Shelly uses clear, evidence-informed methods to address stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, grief, and related concerns.
Background and approach
Sessions typically focus on specific problems and steps people can try between meetings. She draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and client-centered listening to help people notice patterns and try different choices. Her approach balances support with practical tools.
She listens first, then helps set small, achievable goals. Motivational Interviewing is part of how she helps people find their own reasons to change. Shelly also works with issues such as parenting stress, sleep problems, anger, and coping with life changes.
Other areas she addresses include ADHD, bipolar mood concerns, relationship and intimacy-related issues, and caregiver stress. She tailors methods to each person’s situation rather than using a one-size-fits-all plan. Sessions are offered in English and delivered through video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging.
People who want to begin choose the platform and pace that fit their life, and Shelly helps them map out next steps during the first meetings.
Practical approaches for online therapy and learning what works
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them and then commit to actions that match their values. It can be useful for stress, anxiety, and making hard changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at patterns of thinking and behavior and teaches specific skills to shift them. CBT is often helpful for anxiety, depression, sleep issues, and anger. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and creating a respectful, accepting space so clients can find their own solutions and move at their own pace.Finding the best approach is part of the work. Shelly collaborates with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and comfort level. She starts with listening, tries approaches that make sense, and adjusts as progress and preferences become clear.
Online formats make it easier to get consistent support. Video calls let people meet face to face from home. Phone sessions can be a simpler option when schedules are tight. Live chat and text-based messaging allow short check-ins and coaching between sessions. These options provide flexibility for parents and busy adults to fit therapy into real life.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Less about arguing with difficult thoughts, more about loosening their grip and acting on what matters to you anyway. Values and committed action carry the work, which suits conversation at a distance.
Client-Centered Therapy
The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Narcissism
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 13 years
- Licensed
- Michigan
- Languages
- English
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