Shelley Hill, LCSW
Licensed in Illinois · 25 years in practice
Shelley Hill is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 25 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, relationship and intimacy concerns, and struggles with addiction.
License and registration
- LCSW, Illinois
- 149009006 · expires November 2027
- NPI
- 1093078099 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 25
- Languages
- English
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About Shelley
Shelley Hill is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 25 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, relationship and intimacy concerns, and struggles with addiction. She works with people facing body image issues, ADHD, caregiver strain, chronic illness, and other life changes. Shelley offers both supportive listening and practical guidance based on each person's needs.
Shelley aims to make therapy feel straightforward and relatable. She believes many problems begin below conscious awareness, so talking alone may not fully resolve them.
Background and approach
Work in sessions blends understanding with approaches that encourage lasting change rather than quick fixes. Her style balances compassion and presence with clear direction when it helps. She listens for what matters most, then uses techniques that match the situation.
Humor and respect often appear alongside the hard work of change. Over her career she has helped people with anger, sleep and eating issues, intimacy concerns, communication struggles, codependency, and the aftermath of separation or loss. She also supports people coping with chronic pain, cancer, dissociation, and control issues.
Shelley uses a variety of approaches such as mindfulness, somatic work, solution-focused strategies, hypnotherapy, and the Gottman Method as appropriate. Her goal is to help people build skills they can use day to day so progress continues outside the session. She practices in Illinois and conducts sessions in English.
Getting started involves a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a first meeting that fits each person's pace.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Shelley lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Shelley names
- Gottman Method
- Hypnotherapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Mindfulness therapy helps people learn simple attention and breathing practices to reduce anxiety and manage stress in daily life. It often includes short exercises you can practice between sessions to steady mood and focus.The Gottman Method focuses on communication and problem-solving patterns in relationships. Online sessions can include structured conversations and skill-building exercises to improve connection and reduce repeated conflict.
Somatic therapy pays attention to how the body stores stress and trauma. In remote work this can mean guided body-awareness exercises, breath work, and movement suggestions to help release tension and interrupt stuck patterns.
Finding the best approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what feels comfortable, then suggest one or a mix of methods to try. That plan can shift over time based on what helps most.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face work and visual cues, phone sessions use less bandwidth, live chat is useful for short check-ins, and text messaging supports brief reflections between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy routines and keep progress moving forward.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns does Shelley help with?
Shelley supports people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, self-esteem and many life changes.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style mixes compassionate listening with practical guidance. She aims for change that feels natural and lasts beyond the session.
How much experience does she have?
She has practiced as a therapist for 25 years, working with a wide range of emotional and behavioral concerns.
Where is Shelley licensed and located?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in Illinois and provides services from that state.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be held via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different needs.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with Shelley?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling according to therapist availability.
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