Shelly Hendley, LPC

Shelly Hendley is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) based in Texas who helps people feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or unsure of themselves. She focuses on practical changes for concerns like addictions, relationship patterns, low self-esteem, coping with life changes, and ADHD. Her style is warm but direct, with straightforward conversations about next steps.

Shelly blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) with client-centered listening and skills from Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). She uses these approaches to help people notice unhelpful thoughts, practice different behaviors, and build steady coping skills. Sessions are paced to fit each person's goals and personality.

Clients can expect sessions where empathy and honest feedback are both present. Shelly offers guidance on communication, setting boundaries, and reducing the hold of control issues. She also works with people facing drug and alcohol addiction and those wrestling with forgiveness or finding life purpose.

Her background includes a Master’s in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and ongoing doctoral study in community care and counseling. Shelly brings three years of clinical experience and attention to multicultural concerns, including the pressures of navigating identity and belonging.

She welcomes conversations that include faith when that matters to a person’s healing. If someone is exploring who they are, what they want, or how to build steadier days, Shelly uses clear tools and collaborative planning to move forward.

Approaches and what online work looks like

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening without judgment and following the person's pace; it helps people feel heard and discover their own solutions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches practical techniques to change unhelpful patterns, useful for anxiety, low self-esteem, and ADHD-related challenges. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) adds skills for emotional regulation and distress tolerance, which can help with strong emotions and substance use struggles.

Finding the right approach is part of therapy. The therapist works collaboratively to choose methods that match the client's goals and comfort level. That means trying ideas, tracking what works, and adjusting the plan together over time.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video lets people use visual cues and deeper conversation, phone sessions require less bandwidth and can fit into a work break, and chat or text can be used for shorter check-ins or ongoing support between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to use methods like CBT and DBT exercises in the format that feels most practical.