About Shelley
Shelley Janz is a licensed clinical social worker with 20 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, grief, and life changes. She works with concerns like addiction, trauma and abuse, intimacy issues, parenting challenges, anger, self-esteem, career shifts, and depression. Shelley also supports people facing compassion fatigue and ADHD-related difficulties.
Her style is warm and person-centered. Shelley creates a nonjudgmental space and helps each person set clear goals.
How Shelley works
She listens first, then designs a plan that fits the person’s needs and situation. Shelley draws on practical methods such as cognitive behavioral work, dialectical behavior techniques, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing. She uses these tools to help people change unhelpful thoughts, build emotion regulation skills, and find motivation to make lasting changes.
Techniques are selected to match what a person needs, not as a one-size-fits-all package. Much of her background includes long-term work in Wisconsin settings, including more than a decade supporting people through grief, loss, and end-of-life concerns. That experience informs her approach to coping with major life transitions and caregiver stress.
Sessions focus on clear steps and real-life strategies. Shelley helps people practice new skills between meetings and track progress toward goals. Her aim is to help people feel more capable and in control as they face life’s challenges.
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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.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Parenting issues
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 20 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Wisconsin |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches that fit online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and building a respectful relationship so people can identify their goals and move at their own pace. This approach is useful for issues like relationship strain, grief, self-esteem, and life transitions because it centers the person’s values and choices.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps people spot and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. It is action-focused and often used for anxiety, depression, and coping with stress by teaching clear skills and homework practices.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, offers concrete skills for managing strong emotions and improving relationships. It includes strategies for emotion regulation and distress tolerance that can be practiced between sessions.
Finding the right approach is part of therapy. Shelley will work collaboratively to assess goals, preferences, and needs, and then recommend methods that fit. That means trying different techniques when helpful and tailoring sessions as progress is made.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction for skill practice and deeper conversation. Phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging enable brief check-ins, ongoing encouragement, and support between sessions. These options make scheduling more flexible and can help therapy fit into a busy life.
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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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