Selma Wesley , LCSW

Selma Wesley is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) practicing in Missouri with 24 years of experience supporting individuals, couples, and families through a broad range of life challenges. She has extensive experience providing home- and community-based counseling as well as working with clients in varied environments, which has informed a flexible, person-centered approach to care.

Over the course of her career she has worked with youth, teenagers, and young adults from diverse backgrounds to address concerns such as depression, anxiety, relationship difficulties, parenting challenges, career transitions, grief and loss, emotional abuse, and other important life transitions. Her work also includes support for addictions, LGBT issues, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related concerns, anger, self-esteem, bipolar disorder, and coping with major life changes, with an additional focus on prejudice and discrimination.

Wesley describes her counseling style as empathetic, warm, encouraging, and interactive, meeting people where they are with respect and sensitivity. She draws from a range of evidence-informed approaches to tailor treatment plans to each individual or family. Her methods include Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), client-centered therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), mindfulness-based techniques, solution-focused strategies, and Internal Family Systems. These approaches are used to help clients gain awareness, address challenges, and work toward more fulfilling lives.

As an LCSW - a Licensed Clinical Social Worker - Wesley holds the clinical social work credential that authorizes practice in Missouri, reflecting her training and professional licensure to provide clinical services.

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