Shellby Custer

Shellby Custer is a licensed clinical social worker who brings 23 years of experience to her therapy practice. She helps people handle stress, anger, anxiety, depression, and major life changes in a straightforward, practical way. Shellby focuses on restoring self-worth and finding steady coping strategies.

She works with clients coping with trauma and abuse, addiction issues, grief, and relationship concerns. She also supports people dealing with sleep problems, career stress, ADHD, mood disorders, and attachment struggles. Her approach pays attention to the life story behind current problems and the everyday choices that help recovery.

Shellby blends approaches such as attachment-based work, cognitive behavioral techniques, mindfulness, motivational interviewing, and narrative methods. That mix is used to help people understand their patterns, try different responses, and build routines that reduce symptoms. Sessions aim to be practical and focused on doable steps rather than abstract theory.

Clients can expect a calm, respectful space to talk through shame, guilt, loneliness, and feelings of emptiness. Shellby helps people identify goals, test new behaviors, and track small changes that add up over time. The work often includes coping tools for stress, strategies for better sleep, and exercises to strengthen self-compassion.

As a Pennsylvania LCSW Shellby combines long experience with a down-to-earth style. She encourages people to notice progress in small moments and to keep adjusting the plan as life shifts.

How therapeutic approaches work in online sessions

Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships influence current patterns. In online sessions this approach helps people notice relationship habits, understand triggers, and practice new ways of relating. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, focuses on the link between thoughts, feelings, and behavior. It uses clear exercises and homework to test new thinking and reduce symptoms like anxiety or depression. Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and improve focus during stressful moments.

Choosing the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work together with each person to identify goals and try methods that fit their needs and style. That collaborative process makes it easier to adjust techniques as progress is tracked over time.

Confirm current session options before booking to know what formats are offered. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, shorten travel time, and allow check-ins during breaks at work. It also lets people use practices learned in sessions in their everyday routines, so skills are tested in real life between meetings.