- Client-centered care
- Trauma-informed tools
- Practical emotion skills
About Shelby
Shelby Fryar is a Licensed Professional Counselor who helps people facing anxiety, stress, addiction, trauma, and depression. She supports those coping with life changes, grief, relationship and intimacy concerns, and issues tied to adoption and foster care. Shelby writes plainly and keeps sessions focused on what matters most to each person.
Shelby draws on a client-centered style that lets the person guide the work. That means the client sets priorities and Shelby offers tools to meet those goals. She uses practical skills from dialectical behavior therapy and motivational interviewing to teach mindfulness, manage strong emotions, and shift unhelpful patterns.
Shelby also brings trauma-focused methods and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing into sessions for people who carry painful memories. In-session pacing is collaborative so people move at a comfortable speed as they process distressing experiences.
Her background includes work in private practice and residential settings supporting people in acute crisis and those with substance use challenges. Shelby holds LPC credentials in Tennessee and Texas, and she has three years of experience in clinical roles.
Therapy with Shelby centers on practical change. Expect clear conversations about what you want to work on, homework or skills practice when useful, and regular check-ins about progress and next steps.
How Shelby's approaches translate to online work
Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on patterns in close relationships and helps people understand how past relational experiences affect current connections. It can help when attachment issues, abandonment, or adoption-related concerns make relationships feel unsafe or confusing.Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, teaches concrete skills for managing intense emotions, improving distress tolerance, and practicing mindfulness. People often use these tools when anxiety, mood swings, or self-destructive urges get in the way of daily life.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, EMDR, is a trauma-focused method used to process distressing memories and reduce their hold on daily functioning. It is sometimes chosen by people who want to work through past traumatic events alongside skills-based approaches.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will listen to goals, consider symptoms and history, and collaborate with the person to pick methods that fit their needs and comfort level. Plans can change as progress is made.
Confirm the available session options before booking, as the profile does not list formats. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce time spent traveling, or allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. Licensed professionals can also blend skills teaching, guided exercises, and trauma processing in ways that fit a client's day-to-day life without requiring a specific location.
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Experience
3+ years
Credentials
Tennessee, Texas
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Shelby help with?
Shelby works with stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, depression, grief, and related issues such as attachment, body image, and adoption and foster care matters.
How would you describe the therapeutic style?
The approach is client-centered so the person directs the focus. Shelby blends practical skills work with processing of painful memories based on what the client needs.
What is Shelby's clinical background?
She has three years of experience and has worked in private practice and residential settings, including supporting people in acute crisis and with addiction.
What credentials and location are listed?
Shelby holds LPC credentials and is licensed in Tennessee and Texas. She is based in Tennessee.
Which languages are supported and are international clients accepted?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are offered?
The original profile does not list specific session formats. Please confirm current session options before booking.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with Shelby?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist's availability.