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Shellby Custer

LCSW

Shellby Custer , LCSW

Therapist in Pennsylvania

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About Shellby

Shellby Custer is a licensed clinician in Pennsylvania with 23 years of experience helping people navigate difficult emotional terrain. She holds the credential LCSW - Licensed Clinical Social Worker - and has spent her career supporting clients through life transitions, recovery from past trauma, and the work of rediscovering personal worth and possibility.

Her practice focuses on depression, anxiety, and stress-related challenges, with particular attention to women's concerns and issues common to young adults. She emphasizes self-love, steady personal growth, and the development of practical, resilient coping strategies that can be applied in everyday life.

Shellby approaches each person as an individual, offering a respectful space to explore attachment dynamics, social anxiety, seasonal shifts in mood, and broader processes of personal transformation. She works with people who feel isolated, ashamed, or empty, guiding them toward greater connection and self-understanding.

Drawing on deep clinical experience, Shellby helps clients rebuild self-esteem, process complex emotions, and clarify a sense of life purpose. Her work combines empathy with professional guidance to support meaningful change over time.

Attachment, Cognitive Tools, and Mindful Care Online

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape current patterns of relating. It helps people understand attachment wounds, improve relationship skills, and build more secure connections with others. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) examines how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact; it offers practical tools to reduce symptoms of anxiety, depression, and stress by identifying unhelpful thinking and testing new strategies. Mindfulness Therapy teaches present-moment awareness and acceptance techniques that can ease rumination, improve emotional regulation, and support resilience in everyday life.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is part of the process, and Shellby collaborates with each person to determine which methods best fit their needs, goals, and preferences. She tailors interventions over time, combining approaches when it supports clearer insight and more effective coping.

Online therapy with Shellby includes video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which offer flexibility for scheduling and participation from different settings. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care during life transitions, busy routines, or when in-person visits are difficult, while preserving the relational work that supports lasting change.

Frequently asked questions

How much experience does Shellby Custer have?

Shellby Custer has 23 years of professional experience.

Is Shellby Custer a licensed therapist?

Yes. She holds the credential LCSW (Licensed Clinical Social Worker) and is licensed in Pennsylvania: PA LCSW CW018289.

In which languages does Shellby Custer provide therapy?

Therapy is provided in English.

Where is Shellby Custer located?

Shellby is located in Pennsylvania.

How can I work with Shellby Custer as my therapist?

Shellby provides therapy via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.

Does Shellby Custer work with international clients?

Shellby does not currently work with international clients.

How much does therapy with Shellby Custer cost?

The cost of therapy can vary depending on factors such as location and availability. Sessions are billed through a subscription that can be canceled at any time, for any reason. For current details, click the "Start Therapy" button on this page.

How can I get started with therapy?

Getting started is quick. Click the "Start Therapy" button and complete a short questionnaire that helps match clients with a therapist. Depending on availability, the first session can then be scheduled and may take place by phone, video call, live chat, or in-app messaging.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyTrauma and abuseSelf esteemDepressionCoping with life changes

Also works with

AddictionsRelationship issuesFamily conflictsGriefIntimacy-related issuesSleeping disordersParenting issuesAnger managementCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderCoachingCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAttachment issuesChronic pain, illness, and disabilityEmptinessFamily of origin issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameIsolation / lonelinessLife purposeMood disordersPersonality disordersPost-traumatic stressSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-loveSexual assault and abuseSocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Attachment-Based TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Mindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems

Experience

23+ years

Licensed

Pennsylvania

Languages

English

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