Shelley Dodt, LCSW

Shelley Dodt is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in Florida with five years of practice. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship concerns, and codependency patterns. Shelley also supports people dealing with grief, trauma, career pressures, parenting strain, and mood disturbances.

Shelley emphasizes practical tools alongside reflection. She uses mindfulness exercises and teaching to help people notice reactions and interrupt unhelpful patterns. Sessions focus on building coping skills that reduce overwhelm and increase day-to-day functioning.

Her style blends therapy and coaching. Shelley helps clients identify strengths and experiment with new behaviors that better match their goals. She talks through small, concrete changes rather than only discussing problems.

Shelley draws on methods like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy to address strong emotions and recurring thoughts. She also uses Motivational Interviewing and Solution-Focused techniques to set clear steps forward. For relationship concerns she incorporates ideas from the Gottman Method to improve communication and manage conflict.

Clients working with Shelley usually practice skills between sessions. Expect short exercises, mindfulness practices, and simple behavior experiments to try in real life. Shelley frames these as skills to recognize life’s triggers and navigate around them.

She describes herself as someone who listens and tries to offer the kind of help she once needed. Her approach is direct and practical, combining teaching, coaching, and therapeutic techniques to help people feel and function better.

How Shelley uses her approaches in online sessions