Shelley Stisser
Calm, practical care focused on change
LPC Texas
- Experience
- 19 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Grief, Self esteem
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Shelley
Shelley Stisser is a licensed professional counselor who draws on nearly two decades of clinical experience to help adults navigate stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and major life transitions.
Background and approach
She emphasizes evidence-informed methods such as cognitive behavioral therapy to explore how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact, while also integrating client-centered listening and practical skills to address patterns that maintain distress. Her work often focuses on emotional regulation and building tools to manage problems like compulsions, panic attacks, disordered eating patterns, codependency, and compassion fatigue.
Shelley aims to create an environment that highlights clients' strengths while examining barriers, so individuals can better understand sources of guilt, shame, or family-of-origin dynamics that influence current functioning. Located in Texas and holding LPC credentials, she blends cognitive processing with mindfulness and motivational strategies to increase awareness and support sustainable change.
Her approach balances reflective exploration with actionable techniques, helping clients set goals, improve communication, and respond differently to challenging emotions and situations.
Applying structured approaches to online therapy
Shelley often uses cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy as core tools in her work. Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on identifying and testing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, which can reduce symptoms of anxiety, depression, panic, and obsessive patterns by teaching practical skills to change reactions. Dialectical behavior therapy emphasizes emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness, providing concrete strategies for managing intense emotions and improving communication.Finding the right approach is treated as a collaborative process. She will discuss goals, preferences, and the patterns that maintain difficulties to determine which combination of CBT, DBT, mindfulness, or motivational techniques best fits each person. This shared planning helps clients try methods and adjust course based on what proves most helpful.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, offering flexibility for people balancing work, caregiving, or other commitments. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care and practice skills between sessions while connecting with a licensed professional from different locations.
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Experience
19+ years
Licensed
Arizona, Texas, New Mexico
Languages
English