About Shelby
Shelby Love-Daley is a licensed clinical social worker with nine years of experience helping people navigate stress, anxiety, depression, and major life changes. She approaches each person as the expert on their own story and focuses on drawing out strengths to support real change.
Shelby emphasizes practical steps and steady support for parents, people dealing with addiction, and those handling career or relationship strain. She uses client-centered methods to listen first and tailor work to what matters most to the individual.
How Shelby works
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps unpack patterns of thinking that feed anxiety and low mood. Dialectical Behavior Therapy adds skills for emotion regulation and managing impulsivity when feelings run high. Shelby also includes mindfulness and motivational interviewing to build awareness and strengthen internal motivation.
That combination helps with panic attacks, attention challenges such as ADHD, and trauma-related symptoms. She pays attention to women's issues, pregnancy and childbirth concerns, and compassion fatigue among helping professionals. Sessions often move from simple, concrete goals to steady skill-building.
Shelby supports people working on communication problems, self-esteem, and recovery from abuse. She likes short practical tools alongside deeper reflection so progress feels manageable. Shelby practices in Massachusetts and meets with people in English.
She aims to make therapy a collaborative process where clients set priorities and she helps them reach the next step.
Shelby lists 6 ways of working on the entry:
What Shelby works with
The areas below are the ones Shelby selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Depression
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Training and background
| Register | LICSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 9 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Massachusetts |
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Online support options
How Shelby’s approaches work online
Client-Centered Therapy is about listening closely and following the client's goals. Shelby uses that approach online to help people name priorities and shape sessions around what feels most important. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going and practicing new ways of responding; it is helpful for anxiety, depression, panic attacks, and attention-related challenges.DBT, or Dialectical Behavior Therapy, teaches concrete skills for managing intense emotions and impulsivity. Online DBT-style work often includes short coaching, skills practice, and steady check-ins to help with regulation and crisis coping. Shelby combines these methods so sessions balance problem-solving, skill learning, and emotional support in a way that fits each person's needs.
Choosing the right approach is collaborative. Shelby will talk with clients about goals, try methods that match those goals, and adjust over time. That cooperative process helps identify what works best and keeps therapy practical and focused.
Online sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video suits people who want face-to-face interaction, while phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit into busy days. Live chat and text messaging allow brief check-ins, quick problem-solving, or consistent support between longer sessions. These options increase flexibility and make it easier to keep momentum between appointments.
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