Shaleen Robertson, LCSW

Licensed in Missouri · 18 years in practice

Shaleen Robertson is a licensed clinical social worker with 18 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, addiction, depression, and relationship concerns.

License and registration

LCSW, Missouri: 2007011130 · expires September 2026
NPI: 1639243637 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 18
Languages: English

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About Shaleen

Shaleen Robertson is a licensed clinical social worker with 18 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, addiction, depression, and relationship concerns. She works in Missouri and offers support in English. Her approach is practical and person-focused, aimed at making day-to-day life feel more manageable.

Shaleen emphasizes respectful, sensitive, and compassionate care. She listens first, then adapts conversations and plans to each person’s needs. That means sessions focus on real problems and workable steps rather than abstract theory.

Background and approach

Her background includes long-term practice with a range of concerns including trauma and abuse, grief, anger, and caregiver stress. She also brings experience addressing process addictions, substance use, panic attacks, and post-traumatic stress. These years of work inform how she supports people through change.

Shaleen also focuses on issues such as body image, chronic illness and pain, hospice and end-of-life counseling, and challenges faced by first responders and veterans. She helps people talk through feelings of isolation, guilt, or compassion fatigue and find ways to cope. In sessions she combines attentive listening with practical tools and clear goals.

She encourages people to try steps between appointments and checks progress along the way. Starting therapy is framed as a gradual process, and she aims to make each step understandable and doable.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Shaleen lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Stress, Anxiety
Addictions
Relationship issues
Depression
Coaching
Family conflicts
Trauma and abuse
Grief
Anger management
Self esteem
Bipolar disorder
Coping with life changes
Compassion fatigue
Body image
Caregiver issues and stress
Chronic pain, illness, and disability
Drug and alcohol addiction
Family problems
First responder issues
Forgiveness
Guilt and shame
Hospice and end-of-life counseling
Isolation / loneliness
Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Panic disorder and panic attacks
Post-traumatic stress
Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
Women's issues
Workplace issues

Online support

Evidence-based approaches and online care

Shaleen uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to guide sessions. One common approach is trauma-informed care, which focuses on understanding how past trauma affects current feelings and behaviors and teaching grounding and coping skills to reduce distress. She also uses practical coping and behavioral strategies to address anxiety, panic attacks, and mood symptoms by building routines, skill practice, and step-by-step plans that make stress easier to manage.

Choosing the right method is a collaborative process. Shaleen will talk with each person about their concerns, goals, and preferences, and together they decide which techniques to try first. She reviews progress and adjusts the plan as needed so the work stays relevant and realistic.

Online therapy offers flexibility and several practical benefits. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat is useful for quick check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing brief contact and reminders. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and try different formats to see what helps most.

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Questions people ask

What kinds of problems does Shaleen help with?

She works with stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship problems, depression, trauma, grief, anger, and related concerns such as caregiver stress and body image.

What is her general therapy style?

Her style is practical and person-centered, focusing on listening first and then creating a plan tailored to each person’s needs and goals.

How much clinical experience does she have?

Shaleen has 18 years of professional experience working with people facing a wide range of emotional and behavioral challenges.

Where is she licensed and based?

She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in Missouri and practices with that credential.

Which languages are supported and can international clients connect?

Sessions are offered in English, and she accepts international clients.

What session formats are available?

She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.

How is cost handled for sessions?

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 her?

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