- Stress and anxiety
- Addictions and recovery
- Parenting and relationships
About Pamela
Pamela Shultz is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Louisiana with three years of clinical experience. She works with adults dealing with stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship strain, parenting pressures, and life changes. Pamela also lists focus areas such as abandonment, adoption and foster care, attachment issues, and caregiver stress.
Pamela draws on straightforward, skills-based work in sessions. She helps people notice unhelpful behavior patterns and try small, practical changes. Conversations often include thinking about thoughts and actions, practicing mindfulness, and setting achievable goals.
Her background includes military service as a Navy veteran and experience raising a family. That life experience informs a practical approach to common early-adult pressures like balancing new jobs, relationships, money concerns, and moving away from home.
Pamela often uses techniques from client-centered therapy to keep sessions focused on the person's concerns. She incorporates cognitive behavioral ideas to change thinking and behavior, and motivational interviewing to support readiness for change. Mindfulness tools are offered to reduce stress and improve focus.
Sessions emphasize clear steps people can try between meetings. Pamela aims to help clients build emotional regulation skills and stronger communication habits. She focuses on real-world coping strategies rather than abstract theory.
How Pamela’s approaches translate to online sessions
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and supporting the person's own goals. In practice this means the therapist follows the client's lead, reflects what they say, and helps clarify priorities. That approach is useful for people who need space to talk through confusing life changes.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) involves identifying thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going and trying small experiments to change them. CBT is often used for anxiety, stress, and addictions because it breaks issues into clear steps people can practice between sessions.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Pamela will collaborate with each person to decide whether a client-centered emphasis, CBT exercises, or motivational techniques best fit their goals. She checks in and adjusts methods based on what helps.
Confirm the session formats before booking since the biography does not list them. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. If a client needs less screen time, they can ask about options that require only audio or briefer meetings. The practical aim is to make therapy fit everyday life while focusing on specific skills and steps that help with stress, anxiety, addictions, and relationship concerns.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
3+ years
Listed in
Louisiana
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she work with?
She works with stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship strain, parenting pressures, and coping with life changes. Additional focus areas include attachment issues, abandonment, caregiver stress, and body image.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is practical and person-centered. She combines client-centered conversation with cognitive behavioral techniques, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing to address behavior and emotions.
How much experience does she have?
She has three years of clinical experience as a Licensed Professional Counselor. Her background also includes service as a Navy veteran and parenting experience.
Where is she licensed and practicing?
She holds an LPC credential in Louisiana. Sessions are provided from that location.
Does she offer sessions in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English. She is not accepting international clients.
What session formats are available?
Please confirm current session options before booking, as the biography does not specify session formats. Check the booking flow for up-to-date format details.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. Specific pricing details appear during signup.
How do I start a first session?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session through the site's process.
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