Shelly "Sheldon" Lewin
Experienced clinician focused on practical change
LICSW, LCSW New Mexico
- Experience
- 30 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Relationship, Trauma and abuse, Career
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Languages
- English
About Shelly
Shelly "Sheldon" Lewin brings three decades of experience helping people navigate major life challenges and rebuild equilibrium. He blends lessons from a lengthy career in executive roles at major health systems with a person-focused clinical practice, emphasizing empathy, resilience, and practical skills.
Background and approach
His work addresses relationship strain, trauma and abuse, career transitions, depression, coping with life changes, addictions, grief, eating concerns, anger, self-esteem, bipolar disorder, coaching needs, and compassion fatigue. Lewin draws on a range of therapeutic approaches to tailor treatment to each client's situation, often combining cognitive-behavioral tools with psychodynamic insight and solution-focused strategies.
He holds LICSW and LCSW credentials and practices from New Mexico, applying a strengths-based, collaborative stance that foregrounds clear goals and steady progress. Outside of therapy he enjoys travel, hiking, reading, and art, and he lives in New Mexico with his wife and their Yorkie.
His guiding principles - positivity, confidence, and persistence - inform a supportive atmosphere where people work toward greater clarity and practical change.
Approaches that guide online sessions and how they help
Lewin frequently uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help clients identify unhelpful thought patterns and develop concrete skills for managing mood, anxiety, and addictive behaviors. He also incorporates Emotionally-Focused ideas to explore patterns in close relationships and to strengthen emotional awareness and connection when working through relationship distress. Motivational Interviewing is used to support readiness for change, especially around substance use or other behaviors where ambivalence is common.Finding the right approach is part of therapy; he works collaboratively with each person to select and adapt methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences. Sessions begin with a shared plan and evolve based on feedback and progress so clients play an active role in shaping treatment.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which allow greater scheduling flexibility and make it easier to maintain continuity during busy or transitional periods. These options support ongoing skill practice, brief check-ins, and full sessions so work can continue even when in-person meetings are impractical.
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Experience
30+ years
Licensed
Illinois, Kentucky, Florida, New Mexico, West Virginia, Arizona
Languages
English