Kelly Shelton, LCSW

Florida · 14 years in practice

Kelly Shelton is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 14 years of practice in Florida.

License and registration

LCSW, Florida: SW11162 · expires March 2027
NPI: 1366799967 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 14
Languages: English

Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.

About Kelly

Kelly Shelton is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 14 years of practice in Florida. She focuses on relationship struggles, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, coping with life changes, and compassion fatigue. Kelly uses a straightforward, respectful approach and aims to make beginning therapy feel manageable.

She uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy to look at feelings that drive patterns in relationships. She also draws on client-centered methods to keep sessions focused on each person's needs and goals.

Background and approach

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills are used when helpful to change unhelpful thoughts and manage strong emotions. Sessions are shaped around what a person brings to the room. Kelly listens for patterns such as attachment wounds, abandonment fears, codependency, or communication problems.

She also addresses reactions linked to trauma, dissociation, divorce, and losses that can leave people feeling empty or ashamed. Kelly brings practical tools as well as space to process difficult feelings. That can include exercises for managing impulsivity, coping after disasters, or working through family of origin issues.

She is comfortable talking about guilt, forgiveness, infidelity, and the impacts of chronic stress. People who work with her can expect clear discussion of goals and steps to reach them. She aims to tailor plans to each person's rhythm, using brief skill practice and ongoing reflection.

Taking the first step can be hard, and Kelly tries to keep the path forward simple and steady.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Kelly lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Relationship issues
Trauma and abuse
Self esteem
Coping with life changes
Compassion fatigue
Abandonment
Attachment issues
Codependency
Communication problems
Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
Dissociation
Divorce and separation
Emptiness
Family of origin issues
Family problems
Forgiveness
Guilt and shame
Impulsivity
Infidelity
Isolation / loneliness
Jealousy
Life purpose
Midlife crisis
Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Mood disorders
Panic disorder and panic attacks
Personality disorders
Post-traumatic stress
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Self-love
Social anxiety and phobia
Women's issues
Workplace issues
Young adult issues

Approaches Kelly names

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Online support

Approach-driven online therapy for relationships and trauma

Kelly commonly uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy to help people identify and express the feelings that shape their relationships and attachment patterns. EFT focuses on the emotions beneath behaviors so people can try new ways of connecting and responding.

She also uses client-centered therapy, which means the therapist follows the client's lead and prioritizes what matters most to the person. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is used when helpful to spot and change unhelpful thoughts and develop practical coping strategies for anxiety, shame, or impulsivity.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful, then adapt methods as needed. This collaborative process helps ensure sessions match the client's needs over time.

Online therapy offers several practical options: video calls for face-to-face conversation, phone sessions when bandwidth or movement is a concern, live chat for shorter check-ins, and text-based messaging for on-the-go support. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, practice new skills between sessions, and keep momentum during life transitions.

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Questions people ask

What concerns does Kelly focus on?

She works with relationship issues, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, coping with life changes, and compassion fatigue. Additional areas include attachment, codependency, infidelity, and family of origin issues.

What is Kelly's therapy style like?

Her style blends Emotionally-Focused Therapy with client-centered listening and practical skills from CBT and DBT. Sessions combine emotional exploration with tools to manage thoughts and behavior.

How much clinical experience does she have?

Kelly has 14 years of professional work experience practicing as a therapist in Florida. That experience covers a broad range of relational and trauma-related concerns.

What are her credentials and location?

She holds the credential LCSW, which is listed as FL LCSW, and practices in Florida.

In which languages are sessions available?

Sessions are offered in English.

What formats are used for sessions?

Therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Multiple formats allow flexible ways to connect.

How are fees and payments handled?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working together?

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