Shelly Grabiak, LCSW
Licensed in Florida · 5 years in practice
Shelly Grabiak offers a practical, strength-focused approach to therapy anchored in evidence-based techniques.
License and registration
- LCSW, Florida
- SW25077 · expires March 2027
- NPI
- 1720778764 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 5
- Languages
- English, Spanish
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About Shelly
Shelly Grabiak offers a practical, strength-focused approach to therapy anchored in evidence-based techniques. She is a licensed clinical social worker, LCSW, practicing in Florida and conducting sessions in English and Spanish. Her style centers on helping people notice what matters to them and take steps that match those values.
Shelly works with adults facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, relationship concerns, grief, and life transitions. She also supports people dealing with chronic illness or pain, caregiver strain, aging and geriatric concerns, and substance use or codependency issues.
Background and approach
Her background includes work in hospice and palliative care as well as crisis and hospital settings. Clients can expect direct, compassionate conversation that highlights strengths and realistic steps forward. Shelly uses proven therapeutic techniques to help people build coping skills, manage intense emotions, and repair patterns that get in the way of healthy connections and life goals.
She blends practical strategies with exploration of personal values and meaning. Her prior roles include hotline and suicide prevention work, hospital and clinic positions, addiction treatment, and home hospice care. That range informs how she tailors support to medical, caregiving, and trauma-related situations.
She brings five years of professional experience as an LCSW alongside longer service in related settings. Outside of work she enjoys running with her dogs, yoga, meditation, and time outdoors. Shelly aims to create a collaborative space where people can discover clearer choices and move toward the life they want.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Shelly lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Coping with life changes
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Life purpose
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
Online support
Evidence-based approaches and online care that fit your life
Two evidence-based techniques Shelly commonly uses are cognitive behavioral approaches and acceptance-oriented work. Cognitive behavioral methods focus on spotting unhelpful thinking and shifting behavior with practical exercises that reduce anxiety and improve mood. Acceptance-oriented approaches help people notice difficult emotions, clarify what matters to them, and take action that aligns with their values despite discomfort.She also draws on trauma-informed methods that prioritize safety, pacing, and building coping skills for people who have experienced abuse or other traumatic events. These methods aim to reduce reactivity, improve emotion regulation, and rebuild a sense of control in day-to-day life.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Shelly collaborates with each person to identify goals, try techniques, and adjust based on what helps most. The plan changes as needs and priorities evolve, and clients are invited to give feedback throughout the process.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions let people work face-to-face from different locations, phone sessions can fit a quick check-in or lower bandwidth needs, live chat suits shorter real-time exchanges, and messaging allows ongoing reflection between scheduled contacts. These choices make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to continue care while traveling or managing health and caregiving demands.
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Questions people ask
What concerns can Shelly help with?
Shelly focuses on stress, anxiety, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, grief, and coping with life changes. She also addresses caregiver stress, chronic pain and illness, addiction and codependency, and end-of-life or hospice related concerns.
What is Shelly's therapeutic style?
Her work uses evidence-based techniques with a strengths-centered, practical approach. Sessions emphasize skills for managing emotions, clearer communication, and steps that align with personal values.
What is her professional background?
Shelly has experience in suicide prevention hotlines, domestic violence and sexual assault services, hospitals, addiction treatment centers, and hospice home care. That background guides her work with trauma, grief, and medical or caregiving issues.
Where is she licensed and located?
She practices in Florida and holds the credential LCSW, which stands for Licensed Clinical Social Worker. Sessions are offered from her Florida practice.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish, and international clients are accepted.
What session formats are offered?
Therapy is available via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and communication preferences.
How does payment or cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist arrangements; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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