About Shelley
Shelley Hill is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 25 years of experience. She helps people facing anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, relationship and intimacy concerns, addictions, and stress. She also supports those dealing with sleep and eating problems, anger, low self-esteem, ADHD, and compassion fatigue.
Shelley offers both a listening presence and practical guidance. She believes feelings often come from below conscious awareness, so talking alone may not resolve them.
How Shelley works
Sessions can include thoughtful conversation and hands-on techniques aimed at lasting change. Her work draws on a mix of methods that address the body as well as thought patterns. Shelley uses mindfulness and somatic tools to calm the nervous system.
She applies solution-focused strategies to set small, doable goals and build progress over time. For relationship issues she uses elements of the Gottman Method to improve communication and connection. Hypnotherapy may be used when accessing deeper patterns helps move a problem forward.
Shelley adapts her approach to fit each person and concern rather than following a single formula. People who choose Shelley can expect a respectful, present therapist who brings warmth and occasional humor. She values clarity and practical steps alongside emotional processing.
Her aim is to help people make steady, sustainable shifts toward better daily functioning and more satisfying relationships.
Shelley lists 6 ways of working on the entry:
What Shelley works with
The areas below are the ones Shelley selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 25 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Illinois |
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Online support options
Approaches for body and relationship work online
Online sessions can include Gottman Method work and somatic or mindfulness-based approaches tailored to the client's needs. The Gottman Method focuses on improving communication, managing conflict, and rebuilding connection in relationships through structured exercises and practical skills. Somatic Therapy pays attention to bodily sensations and movement to help reduce tension and process stored stress, useful for trauma, anxiety, and chronic stress. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce rumination and increase present-moment calm, which helps with anxiety, sleep, and emotional regulation.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and past experiences to recommend which methods to try first. Sessions can shift over time so techniques that help early on may change as progress is made.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let people practice communication and observe nonverbal cues. Phone sessions work well for quicker check-ins or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging can support brief touches between sessions or offer an alternative to being on camera. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or health-related schedules while still using evidence-based methods.
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