Mary E. Shelton, LCSW	Last Updated: 11/14/2011

Licensed Clinical Social Worker private practice counseling and supervision

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Office and Contact Information

Mary Shelton,LCSW 2630 NW 41st St. Bldg A Gainesville, FL 32606	Phone: (352) 380-0303 Fax: (352) 372-0016 Free Phone Consultation: Click Here Email: Click Here

Gender: Female

Office Hours:

Monday: N/A
Tuesday: N/A
Wednesday: 11am - 9pm
Thursday: 7am - 9pm
Friday: 1pm - 6pm
Saturday: By appointment
Sunday: N/A

Response Time to Call:

Weekdays: 6 Hours
Weekends: 3 Days

Accessibility:

Are Accessible by Wheelchair

Are Near Public Transportation

Can Provide Telephone Counseling

Have Emergency Appointments Available

Offer Evening Office Hours

Offer Weekend Office Hours


Qualifications

Years of Experience: 20

Licensing:

FL - LCSW [4650]

Languages Spoken:

Spanish

Degrees:

MSW

Credentials and Certifications:

Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (CISD)


Fees and Payment Options

Individual: $90
Group: N/A
Family: $125

Sliding Scale: Yes

Private Insurance or Out of Network: Yes

Free Services:

Brief Phone Consultation

Information & Referral

Initial Consultation/Evaluation

One Hour per wk for Returning Troops and Families

Insurance:

AETNA Inc. (Open Choice)	United Behavioral Health (UBH)
Humana Inc.


Problems Served (focus areas are bold)

Addictions/Other (gambling, sex, etc.)	Dual Diagnosis	Obsessive/Compulsive Disorder
Addictions/Substance	Eating Disorders	Parenting Issues
Adoption/Foster Care	Education/Personal Development	Personality Disorders
Aging	Elder Abuse	Phobias
Anger Management	Factitious Disorders (Munchausen Syndrome)	Physical Illness/Impairment
Anxiety/Panic Disorders	Family Dysfunction	Postpartum Depression
Attachment Disorders	Forensic	Psychoses/Major Mental Illness
Behavioral Problems	Gender Identity	Self Abuse
Bipolar Disorders	Grief/Loss	Sexual Abuse/Rape
Career/Employment Concerns	Immigration/Newcomer	Sleep Disorders
Child Abuse and Neglect	Interpersonal Relationships	Stress
Couple or Marital Issues	Learning Disabilities	Tourette's Disorder
Depression	Life Transitions	Trauma/PTSD
Dissociative Disorders	Men's Issues	Women's Issues
Domestic Violence	Multicultural Issues


Populations Served (focus areas are bold)

Age Groups:

Adolescents (13-17)	Seniors (60 +)	Young Adults (18-25)
Adults (26-59)

Specific Populations:

ACOA (Adult Children of Alcoholics)	Caregivers	Grandparents
AIDS/HIV+	Children of Divorce	Immigrants/Refugees
Alzheimer's	Chronic Illness	Interracial Families/Couples
Biracial	Disabled	Step Families
Brain/Head Injured	Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual	Transgendered
Cancer Patients


Treatment Methods and Approaches (focus areas are bold)

Theoretical Approach:

Advocacy	Existential Psychotherapy	Parent Guidance
Behavioral	Expressive Therapy	Prevention
Behavioral Medicine	Feminist	Psycho-Educational
Case Management	Holistic	Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy
Coaching	Humanistic	Psychodynamic
Cognitive/Behavioral	Information and Referral	Psychopharmacology
Contemplative	Internal Family Systems (IFS)	Relational
Crisis Intervention	Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT)	Satir
Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (CISD)	Intervention (Alcohol, Drug, Gambling Addiction, etc.)	Short-Term (Brief Treatment)
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)	Long-Term	Social Support
Dream Work or Analysis	Mediation	Systemic
Ericksonian	Meditation/Relaxation	Transactional Analysis (TA)
Evaluation/Diagnostic	Narrative Therapy	Transpersonal Psychology

Methods Used:

Couple/Marital	Family Systems	Supervision/Consultation
Educational or Psycho-Educational	Individual


Religious and Multi-cultural Experience (focus areas are bold)

Religious Experience:

Buddhist	Hindu	Jewish
Christian

Multi-cultural Experience:

African-American	Native American	Portuguese
Hispanic


Professional Associations

National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)

National Association of Social Workers (NASW)

Mary E. Shelton, LCSW

Licensed Clinical Social Worker private practice counseling and supervision