Therapist profile
Shelley Adkins, LCSW
Kentucky
Licensed Clinical Social Worker - Stress and Relationships
Continue with ShelleyWhere Shelley stands
- Credentials
- LCSW
- License
- LCSW, Kentucky / 1957
- NPI
- 1295098309
- Experience
- 25 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- Kentucky
About
- CBT
- Mindfulness
- Client-centered
About Shelley
Shelley Adkins is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Kentucky with 25 years of experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship challenges, grief, and burnout from caregiving or demanding jobs. Shelley also addresses codependency concerns and other long-term life stresses.
She uses plain talk and practical tools in sessions. Shelley listens for what wears someone down and helps identify small changes that reduce daily strain. Conversations look at emotions, patterns in relationships, and how past hurts continue to shape choices today.
Her approach blends several methods. Client-centered work focuses on what matters to the person in the room. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps spot unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors. Mindfulness techniques teach simple ways to steady strong feelings in the moment.
Shelley also draws on narrative and trauma-focused methods when it helps to reframe a life story or work through traumatic memories. She aims to make these tools practical and relevant to everyday life, such as parenting stress, work pressure, or coping with illness.
Sessions emphasize clear communication skills, boundary-setting, and rebuilding self-esteem after patterns of people-pleasing or caretaking. Shelley notes that progress often comes from steady, small shifts rather than sudden fixes. To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule an initial session.
How sessions work
How her therapeutic approaches translate to online sessions
Client-centered therapy focuses on the person's concerns and values. In practice this means the therapist follows what the client brings, asks questions, and helps clarify goals. It is useful for relationship issues, parenting stress, and deciding which problems to work on first.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at connections between thoughts, feelings, and actions. Online CBT often includes tracking ideas, testing small behavior changes between sessions, and reviewing results together. It is commonly used for anxiety, low mood, and patterns that feed codependency.
Mindfulness therapy teaches short practices to notice strong emotions and return attention to the present. These exercises can be assigned as brief daily practices and reviewed in session to help with stress and impulse-driven reactions.
Choosing the right combination of approaches is a collaborative step. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, try different methods, and adjust based on what helps. That planning happens together rather than imposed up front.
Session logistics should be confirmed before booking since formats are not listed in the biography. Ask about how sessions are delivered and which options fit your routine. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time so sessions are easier to keep.
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Experience
25+ years
Listed in
Kentucky
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she help with?
Shelley works with adults on stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship problems, grief, caregiver burnout, codependency, and related issues.
How would she describe her therapeutic style?
She uses client-centered conversation alongside practical methods like CBT and mindfulness to address thoughts, feelings, and behavior patterns.
How much experience does this therapist have?
She has 25 years of clinical experience working with adults on a range of emotional and life challenges.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
Shelley is an LCSW licensed in Kentucky and practices there.
Are sessions offered in any languages besides English?
Sessions are offered in English only.
What session formats are available?
Confirm current session options before booking, as formats are not specified in the biography.
How does the billing and cost work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe at home, use the crisis and helpline numbers.