Shelley Dodt, LCSW

Shelley Dodt is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in Florida with five years of clinical experience. She focuses on concerns such as anxiety, depression, stress, relationship and family issues, parenting, grief, trauma, career questions, and self-esteem. Shelley also lists work around LGBT concerns, intimacy-related issues, sleep problems, bipolar disorder, compassion fatigue, and other mood and attachment-related topics.

Shelley uses mindfulness as a regular part of sessions and draws on practical skill-building. She helps people notice patterns that are getting in the way and then practices new responses. That can mean learning grounding or breathing practices, testing small behavior changes, or rehearsing different ways to communicate.

She describes the work as collaborative. Shelley listens, asks questions, and helps clients identify strengths they can use. She also teaches coping tools so people can recognize and navigate stressors as they come up in everyday life.

Shelley integrates techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy to address mood and anxiety problems. She also uses elements of the Gottman Method for relationship communication and motivational interviewing when people want to make life changes. Mindfulness practice threads through her way of working.

Her approach emphasizes clear, simple steps rather than abstract talk. Sessions aim to make problems easier to manage and reduce daily friction at home, work, and in relationships. People who feel stuck with life changes, parenting strain, grief, or ongoing stress may find this practical focus useful.

How Shelley uses specific approaches in online work