- ACT informed
- CBT techniques
- Solution-focused
About Shelby
Shelby Friery is an LPC - Licensed Professional Counselor practicing in Idaho with eight years of experience. She lists stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, self-esteem, and coping with life changes among her core concerns, and also focuses on communication problems, forgiveness, guilt and shame, and self-love.
Shelby trained and worked in school counseling and has experience across the lifespan. She currently teaches and conducts research in counselor education, helping future counselors develop practical skills. That background informs how she structures sessions and talks about goals.
Her approach is collaborative and goal-oriented. Shelby uses direct conversation, evidence-informed techniques, and occasional practical exercises to help people notice patterns and try different responses. Sessions are framed around the outcomes a person wants to pursue, with attention to the present and recent past.
In meetings she draws from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy along with motivational interviewing and solution-focused ideas. Those methods are used to clarify values, test helpful behavior changes, and reduce avoidance linked to guilt or shame.
Shelby aims to help people carry less weight from past mistakes and make clearer choices about next steps. She asks questions, suggests manageable practices, and tracks what is and isn’t working so adjustments can be made. To start, users follow the site prompts to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.
How Shelby uses ACT and CBT online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is used to clarify what matters to a person and to practice choosing actions that align with those values. It focuses on noticing difficult thoughts and feelings without letting them dictate behavior, which can be helpful for persistent shame or guilt.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps identify unhelpful thinking patterns and test more balanced thoughts through small experiments. It often includes short exercises and homework to try new behaviors between sessions, useful for anxiety and self-esteem work.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Shelby will collaborate with a client to decide which methods fit their goals, needs, and preferences. That joint decision is revisited as progress is checked and plans are adjusted.
Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current online options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life - for example a brief check-in that fits a lunch break or a video meeting that avoids travel time. Some methods, like CBT, translate well to short practical tasks that a client can do between sessions, while ACT practices can be guided in conversation and applied in daily routines.
Areas of expertise
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
8+ years
Listed in
Idaho
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
Shelby works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, self-esteem, and coping with life changes. She also lists communication problems, forgiveness, guilt and shame, and self-love as focus areas.
How would she approach feelings of guilt or shame?
She uses approaches like Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try different responses. Work is practical and aimed at what a person wants to change.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Shelby has eight years of counseling experience and a background in school counseling, plus current work as a counselor educator and researcher.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is an LPC - Licensed Professional Counselor practicing in Idaho.
What languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people from other countries work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are sessions arranged and what do they cost?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time; the exact rate depends on your selected plan.
What are the first steps to begin working together?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.