Shelby Brandsma , LCSW

Shelby Brandsma is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Wisconsin. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, relationship strain, family conflicts, and parenting challenges. Shelby also supports people navigating ADHD-related struggles and women's issues.

Shelby uses a respectful and compassionate style in sessions. She listens first, then tailors conversations and a plan to each person's needs. Her goal is to help clients take practical steps toward clearer thinking and healthier routines.

With five years of professional experience, she draws on approaches that are evidence-based to address things like attachment concerns, communication problems, and impulsivity. Sessions are straightforward and goal-oriented, with room for personal pace and preferences.

Shelby helps people facing divorce or separation, midlife transitions, social anxiety, and questions about life purpose. She aims to make discussions about these topics feel manageable rather than overwhelming.

People who prefer different formats can meet by video call, phone, live chat, or text messaging. Shelby supports clients in English and works with the scheduling and tools that fit each person's day-to-day life.

How Shelby uses practical approaches in online therapy

Many people find benefit from approaches that focus on current patterns and practical change. One approach Shelby often uses helps people notice and shift thought patterns that increase anxiety or stress. It involves identifying unhelpful thinking, testing it with real-life experiments, and building alternative ways of responding to worry and fear.

Another commonly used approach concentrates on relationships and attachment. This work looks at how early and current relationship patterns shape reactions, communication, and trust. It helps people pick small, concrete steps to improve communication and reduce conflict in close relationships.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Shelby collaborates with each person to match methods to their goals, needs, and pace. She will discuss options, try techniques, and adjust the plan as progress and preferences become clearer.

Online therapy offers flexibility for people with busy lives. Video calls let for face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or a simpler check-in is preferred, and live chat or text messaging support shorter updates or ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, parenting, and caregiving routines.