Shelly Daniel , LCSW, CSW

Shelly Daniel, LCSW, CSW uses a client-centered approach to help people move past stress, anxiety, grief, addiction, and other life challenges. She focuses on practical skills that change thinking and behavior so daily life feels more manageable. Shelly works with adults in Georgia and brings ten years of experience to each session.

She aims to help people notice strengths and build new coping skills. Sessions often include emotion regulation techniques, mindful practices, and simple tools for solving problems. Shelly emphasizes clear steps clients can try between meetings to create steady progress.

Shelly blends cognitive behavioral ideas with dialectical behavior and mindfulness practices to address patterns that keep people stuck. She also draws on the Gottman Method when relationship communication and connection are a focus. The approach is collaborative and focused on what the person wants to change.

People who do best with her approach tend to be ready to try new ways of thinking and behaving. Shelly highlights strengths, sets small goals, and works on skills like coping, communication, and managing intense emotions. Conversations aim to be direct, compassionate, and solution-focused.

Her background includes ten years helping adults work through depression, anxiety, parenting stress, identity and LGBT concerns, trauma and abuse, bipolar mood challenges, and life transitions. Shelly holds the credentials LCSW, which is Licensed Clinical Social Worker, and CSW. She practices in Georgia and conducts sessions in English.

How these approaches translate to online care

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and reflecting so the person feels understood and can find their own solutions. It helps people who need a supportive space to sort through feelings and make choices.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It uses simple exercises to change unhelpful thinking and to build practical habits for anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, teaches specific skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and better interpersonal effectiveness. Those skills are useful for managing intense emotions, anger, and relationship conflicts.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't helped before. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress is made.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make therapy flexible. Video works well for deeper conversations and skills practice, phone can be a good shorter check-in, and chat or text let someone touch base between sessions. These options help people fit therapy into work, caregiving, or busy schedules while keeping treatment consistent and focused.