Profile / United States
Shantelle Wells, LCPC, LPC
Missouri
Licensed counselor - anxiety and relationships
See online therapy options- CBT informed
- Attachment focus
- Solution-focused tools
About Shantelle
Shantelle Wells is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) and a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 18 years of experience in Missouri and Kansas. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, parenting strain, anger, low self-esteem, career questions, and compassion fatigue. She also helps with attachment and abandonment issues, codependency, communication and control problems, and life transitions.
Her style is direct and practical. She encourages noticing unhelpful thoughts and patterns and practicing different ways of responding. Sessions focus on concrete steps a person can try between meetings. Clients can expect a mix of short-term problem solving and deeper work on patterns that repeat across relationships.
Shantelle uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy as part of her approach along with attachment-based and client-centered methods and solution-focused techniques. That combination aims to link thoughts, feelings, and behaviors while also looking at how past attachments affect current relationships. She draws on structured tools and conversational work to help someone test new skills in day-to-day life.
Her work is straightforward and goal-oriented. She asks clear questions, suggests practical exercises, and reviews what changed. She helps people break big problems into manageable steps and checks progress as therapy continues.
To start, a prospective client completes a short matching questionnaire and schedules a first session. Fees vary by location and use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How her therapeutic approaches are used in online work
Shantelle blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and attachment-based ideas to guide online work. CBT focuses on spotting and testing unhelpful thoughts and habits so clients can try small behavioral changes. It is useful for anxiety, panic, low mood, and stress reactions. Attachment-based work looks at patterns from early relationships and how those patterns affect current connections and trust. It helps with communication problems, commitment worries, and deep relational patterns.Finding the right approach is collaborative. She will talk with each client about goals, try techniques in sessions, and adjust based on what helps. Clients and the therapist decide together which methods to emphasize and which practical exercises to use between sessions.
The practical benefits of online work include fitting sessions into a busy life and reducing travel time. If you plan to use online sessions, confirm the current session options before booking since formats are not specified here. Online sessions can make short check-ins easier, allow sitting down after a work break, or let someone use video or audio depending on what suits them that day.
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Experience
18+ years
Listed in
Missouri, Kansas
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, relationship and family issues, parenting strain, anger, self-esteem, career questions, and compassion fatigue.
How does she use Cognitive Behavioral Therapy?
She uses CBT to identify unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and to test different responses in daily life. Sessions include practical exercises clients can try between meetings.
What experience does she bring?
She has 18 years of experience working in the mental health field in Missouri and Kansas.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She holds LCPC and LPC credentials and practices in Missouri with licensure also noted in Kansas.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people from other countries book with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are sessions paid for?
Fees vary by location and are charged via a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule a first session.
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 you are not safe, use the crisis numbers.