Shelly Proper, LPC

Shelly Proper is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Pennsylvania who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, sleep problems, and relationship strain. She also supports those managing addiction, caregiver stress, grief, parenting challenges, career shifts, and life changes. Her background includes work with veterans and first responders and attention to issues like postpartum depression and women’s concerns.

She brings 17 years of clinical experience from private practice, agencies, schools, and higher education. Shelly has worked with a wide range of concerns including psychiatric conditions, physical and emotional trauma, hoarding, hospice and end-of-life issues, and healthy aging. She also holds a post-master’s certificate to teach psychology and has experience with educational planning.

Shelly’s counseling style is warm, empathic, and interactive. She encourages people to use their own knowledge about their lives and goals. Sessions focus on practical options, skills, and perspectives that help clients make changes that feel useful and achievable.

Her approach draws from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and Solution-Focused Therapy. She emphasizes clear boundaries in the therapeutic relationship while working collaboratively to set goals and track progress.

People 25 and older are seen. To begin, readers should confirm current session options and scheduling details before booking.

How therapy approaches translate to online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and then choose actions that match their values; it can help with anxiety, depression, life transitions, and problems like caregiver stress. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting unhelpful thinking and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms like panic, low mood, or sleep trouble. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) centers on understanding and shifting emotional responses to improve connections and manage relationship distress.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about needs, goals, and preferences and then help choose methods that fit. That may mean combining tools from ACT, CBT, EFT, or DBT so sessions focus on what the person wants to change.

Confirm the current session options before booking, as specific formats are not listed here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, shorten travel time, and allow quick check-ins between in-person visits. It can also support people who need shorter interactions, prefer not to be on camera, or want to work from a quieter location. Licensed professionals and therapists adapt exercises, homework, and emotion-regulation tools for remote sessions so clients can apply skills in daily life.