Shellby Custer, LCSW

Shellby Custer is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in Pennsylvania with 23 years of clinical experience. She works with adults coping with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and anger. Her practice also addresses relationship strain, parenting concerns, addictions, and mood differences such as bipolar and seasonal affective disorder.

She focuses on practical skills people can use between sessions. That includes coping strategies for strong emotions, ways to manage sleep and fatigue, and techniques to reduce work and parenting stress. She uses straightforward tools rather than jargon to make changes feel doable.

Attachment and relational patterns are a common focus in her work. She helps people look at how earlier relationships shape current connections and responses to conflict. This can include addressing abandonment, family of origin issues, and intimacy-related concerns.

Her approach brings together cognitive behavioral ideas, mindfulness, motivational interviewing, and narrative and attachment-based work. Sessions often combine talking through difficult memories with concrete steps for adjusting thoughts and behaviors. Clients can expect an emphasis on building self-esteem, addressing shame, and improving day-to-day coping.

Shellby also supports people dealing with chronic illness or pain, grief, and recovery after sexual assault or abuse. She encourages clear goals and ongoing reflection so clients can track small changes over time.

Therapeutic approaches and working online