Pamela Shultz, LPC

Pamela Shultz is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and Navy veteran who helps people facing stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship strain, parenting challenges, and life changes. She draws on personal experience as a parent and veteran to relate to the pressures of juggling responsibilities and making hard choices.

Pamela often focuses on patterns of thought and everyday habits that keep problems stuck. She works with people to notice unhelpful thinking, try new behaviors, and build routines that support stability over time. Sessions are practical and grounded, with an emphasis on small, achievable steps.

Her work frequently supports people dealing with substance use and recovery. In those sessions she helps clients track triggers, strengthen emotional regulation, and plan for relapse prevention in ways that fit daily life. Pamela uses straightforward tools rather than jargon so clients can use them between meetings.

She also addresses relationship and parenting concerns, including blended family issues, adoption and foster care topics, and communication problems. Pamela pays attention to how attachment and abandonment experiences affect present choices, and she helps people make changes that improve day-to-day functioning.

With three years of counseling experience, Pamela combines client-centered listening with practical strategies from cognitive behavioral and mindfulness approaches. She aims to make therapy useful and understandable, so people can see steps they can take right away.

Therapeutic approaches and how they work online

Client-centered therapy centers the person in the room. The therapist listens carefully, reflects what is said, and helps people name their goals and strengths. This approach is useful when someone needs a supportive space to sort out feelings and priorities.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on how thoughts influence feelings and actions. It uses simple exercises to test unhelpful beliefs and build new habits, which can help with anxiety, stress, and patterns linked to addiction.

Mindfulness therapy teaches ways to notice thoughts and bodily reactions without immediately reacting. It helps people slow down automatic responses and choose calmer actions, which can reduce reactivity in stressful moments.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Pamela will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That may mean combining listening-based care with concrete CBT or mindfulness tools, and adjusting the plan as progress is made.

Confirm the available session options before booking since formats are not specified in the biography. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It can also let people use worksheets, behavioral homework, and mindfulness practices between meetings to support steady progress.