About
- Attachment based
- CBT strategies
- EMDR when appropriate
About Shelly
Shelly Sanders is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Idaho with nine years of clinical experience. She focuses on stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, parenting concerns, relationship and family issues, depression, ADHD, addictions, grief, and related struggles that affect daily life.
Shelly uses a straightforward, client-centered style. Sessions are interactive and practical. She draws on approaches such as attachment-based work, cognitive behavioral strategies, dialectical behavior methods, and EMDR when appropriate. Conversations aim to identify small steps that fit a person’s life and goals.
Shelly has worked across mental health settings with children, adolescents, and adults. That background informs how she talks about parenting stress, communication problems, and caregiving strain. She also supports people dealing with chronic illness, aging concerns, blended family challenges, and family-of-origin issues.
In therapy she helps people notice patterns, try new behaviors, and manage strong emotions. Techniques might include skills training for emotion regulation, cognitive restructuring for unhelpful thoughts, and targeted processing for traumatic memories when EMDR is used. Sessions also often address sleep, eating, intimacy, and work-related stress.
Her aim is to co-create a focused plan with measurable steps. She uses a subscription-based session model that can be canceled at any time. Prospective clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule an initial session to begin.
How sessions work
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape how people connect today. It focuses on understanding patterns in close relationships and supports changes in how you relate and respond to others. This can help with parenting stress, attachment issues, caregiving strain, and family-of-origin concerns.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, examines the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. It uses clear exercises and experiments to test unhelpful thoughts and build different habits. CBT is often used for anxiety, depression, sleep and eating concerns, and coping with life changes.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, EMDR, is a targeted method for processing traumatic memories. When appropriate, it helps reduce the intensity of distressing memories and supports calmer responses to triggers.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to identify goals, try methods that fit current needs, and adjust the plan as progress is made. That collaborative decision is part of the early sessions.
Session format details were not specified in the biography, so confirm available options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, allow shorter check-ins when schedules demand, and reduce travel time. Discuss scheduling and practical needs at the first appointment to find an approach that works with everyday life.
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Experience
9+ years
Listed in
Idaho
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
Shelly works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, relationship and family concerns, depression, ADHD, addictions, grief, and related issues.
How would she describe her approach in sessions?
She uses a client-centered, interactive style focused on practical steps. Techniques include attachment-based work, CBT, DBT skills, and EMDR when appropriate.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with nine years of experience as a therapist and additional years in other mental health roles.
Where is she licensed to practice?
She holds an LCSW credential and practices in the state of Idaho.
Are sessions offered in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English. She is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are available?
Confirm current session options before booking, as the biography does not specify formats. Please check the platform or contact the practice to verify how sessions are held.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to start working together?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session to begin.
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 anyone is in danger, use the crisis numbers.