Shelley Clayton, LISW, LCSW

About me

I am licensed in Missouri with 3 years of professional therapy experience as well as 20 years within the social work, mental health, and the medical fields. I have experience in helping clients with stress and anxiety, trauma and abuse, mood disorders, depression, and the physiological affect mental health has on our bodies. I believe in treating everyone with respect, sensitivity, and compassion. I pride myself in looking at people as a whole as well as their parts. You can expect empathy, honesty, humor, and most likely random movie quotes during our sessions. I will tailor our dialog and treatment plan to meet your unique, specific needs and view our interactions as a partnership. Taking the first step to sign up for therapy can take courage and I commend you for taking this important step!

Professional experience

Additional areas of focus: Abandonment, Antisocial Personality, Attachment Issues, Avoidant Personality, Blended Family Issues, Body Image, Co-morbidity, Codependency, Communication Problems, Control Issues, Dependent Personality, Dissociation, Divorce and Separation, Domestic Violence, Emptiness, Family Problems, First Responder Issues, Guilt and Shame, Impulsivity, Isolation/Loneliness, Midlife Crisis, Mood Disorders, Narcissism, Panic Disorder and Panic Attacks, Paranoia, Personality Disorders, Post-traumatic Stress, Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), Self-Harm, Self-Love, Sexual Assault and Abuse, Social Anxiety and Phobia, Women's Issues, Workplace Issues, Young Adult Issues

Clinical approaches: Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Mindfulness Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy, Internal Family Systems

License information

IA LISW 100191

MO LCSW 2022034073