Shelly Hendley , LPC

Shelly Hendley is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas who helps people facing addictions, relationship struggles, self-esteem concerns, and life transitions. She also supports those managing ADHD and women navigating role and identity questions.

Her sessions are warm and straightforward. She offers a listening ear and gentle challenge when it helps. Conversations are shaped to fit each person’s pace and goals rather than following a fixed script.

Shelly uses a mix of practical approaches to help people make changes that stick. She draws on Client-Centered methods to keep the person's experience central. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and DBT skills for emotion regulation and distress tolerance.

She also integrates motivational interviewing to build readiness for change and the Gottman Method for people wanting to repair communication patterns in close relationships. These tools are chosen to match the concern at hand, not imposed from the start.

Shelly brings three years of counseling experience and a background that includes working with multicultural concerns and people who have lived between different cultures. She practices in Texas and conducts sessions in English. The emphasis is on practical steps, clearer communication, and learning skills that help people move forward.

Approaches and online care that fit your life

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on understanding the person's experience and building a collaborative relationship, helping people feel heard while they name what matters. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at patterns of thought and behavior and offers clear strategies to shift unhelpful thinking and action for issues like anxiety or low mood. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) teaches practical skills for managing intense emotions, improving interpersonal effectiveness, and tolerating distress.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and then recommend methods that fit. Treatment decisions are made together and can be adjusted as needs change.

Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs. Video calls are useful for longer sessions and face-to-face conversation, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed, and chat or messaging can be convenient for shorter updates or when writing feels easier. These formats make it possible to keep therapy going around work, family, or travel while using the approaches above to address addictions, relationship patterns, self-esteem, and life transitions.