About Selma
Selma Wesley is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Missouri. She brings 24 years of clinical experience to her work and focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, and relationship concerns. She uses a blend of approaches to match each person's needs.
Sessons often draw on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Emotionally-Focused Therapy, and mindfulness practices. That mix is aimed at practical skills, clearer thinking, and stronger emotional connections.
How Selma works
Selma has worked in home and community-based settings and with a wide range of people. That background shaped her steady, warm, and interactive style. Sessions tend to be respectful, direct, and grounded in everyday life challenges.
Common concerns she supports include parenting strain, family conflict, grief, trauma and abuse, intimacy issues, anger, self-esteem, career changes, bipolar disorder, and dealing with prejudice and discrimination. She helps people talk through what matters and build small, achievable changes over time. Treatment planning is collaborative and tailored.
Goals, skills, and steps are written so they fit the person’s life. The work focuses on clearer choices, coping strategies, and practical steps toward a more manageable and fulfilling routine.
Selma lists 7 ways of working on the entry:
What Selma works with
The areas below are the ones Selma selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 24 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Missouri |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on helping people notice their thoughts and values, then take committed actions that match those values. It can be useful for anxiety, stress, and coping with life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect and teaches concrete skills to change unhelpful patterns. It often helps with depression, anxiety, and problem solving. Emotionally-Focused Therapy focuses on emotions in close relationships and helps people understand and shift hurtful interaction patterns to improve connection.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Selma will discuss which methods fit a person's goals and preferences. Together they decide what to try, and adjustments are made as needed so the therapy stays practical and relevant.
Online therapy offers flexibility in how sessions happen. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be simpler when less bandwidth is needed or when a camera is not wanted. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for short check-ins, ongoing skill practice, or when a written format fits better. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and keep momentum between sessions.
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A practical next step
Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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