
Plan Be Counseling
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, MA Psy
Verified by Psychology Today Verified by Psychology Today
Hartford, CT 06106
Let's Connect (959) 777-4553

Plan Be Consulting Founder Michael Shelby encourages others to accept when life hasn’t gone according to plan. The first step is recognizing the problem; the second step is creating a “Plan B.” With a combination of empathy and expertise, Plan Be Counseling creates functional, achievable, and lasting solutions to help individuals, couples, and families through some of life’s most challenging problems. We are certified to offer EMDR and Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy to our clients.

Plan Be licensed professional counselors can help with Addictions (substance abuse or behavioral, such as gambling and gaming), Depression and anxiety, “Failure to launch” and procrastination, Grief, Marital or relationship issues, Phobias Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) Trauma Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) Self-harm, etc.
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Finances
Fees
- Individual Sessions $185
- Couple Sessions $225
- Sliding scale: apply if you may be eligible
Call or Email us for a free 15 minute consultation now - (959) 777-4553

Plan Be Counseling
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, MA Psy
Qualifications
- Verified by Psychology Today Licensed by State of Connecticut / 003981 Michael Shelby
- In Practice for 6 Years
- Attended NorthCentral University, MA Psychology, Graduated 2019
Licensed Professional Counselor: Michael Shelby
Specialties and Expertise
Top Specialties
- Addiction
- Anxiety
- Depression
Expertise
- ADHD
- Alcohol Use
- Anger Management
- Bisexual
- Body Positivity
- Cancer
- Career Counseling
- Child
- Chronic Impulsivity
- Chronic Relapse
- Coping Skills
- Divorce
- Drug Abuse
- Eating Disorders
- Emotional Disturbance
- Family Conflict
- Gambling
- Gambling and Pornography addiction issues
- Grief
- Hoarding
- Impulse Control Disorders
- Infidelity
- Internet Addiction
- Internet, Gaming and Technology addiction & abuse
- Lesbian
- LGBTQ+
- Life Coaching
- Life Transitions
- Marital and Premarital
- Men's Issues
- Mood Disorders
- Obsessive-Compulsive (OCD)
- Open Relationships Non-Monogamy
- Oppositional Defiance (ODD)
- Parenting
- Peer Relationships
- Personality Disorders
- Relationship Issues
- School Issues
- Self Esteem
- Self-Harming
- Sex Therapy
- Sex-Positive, Kink Allied
- Sexual Abuse
- Sexual Addiction
- Sleep or Insomnia
- Spirituality
- Sports Performance
- Stress
- Substance Use
- Thinking Disorders
- Trauma and PTSD
- Veterans
- Video Game Addiction
- Weight Loss
- Women's Issues
Client Focus
Age
Teen ,
Adults ,
Elders (65+)
Communities
Bisexual Allied ,
Blind Allied ,
Gay Allied ,
HIV / AIDS Allied ,
Intersex Allied ,
Lesbian Allied ,
Non-Binary Allied ,
Queer Allied ,
Racial Justice Allied ,
Sex Worker Allied ,
Transgender Allied
Age
Teen ,
Adults ,
Elders (65+)
Communities
Bisexual Allied ,
Blind Allied ,
Gay Allied ,
HIV / AIDS Allied ,
Intersex Allied ,
Lesbian Allied ,
Non-Binary Allied ,
Queer Allied ,
Racial Justice Allied ,
Sex Worker Allied ,
Transgender Allied
Treatment Approach
Types of Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment (ACT)
- Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA)
- Coaching
- Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
- Cognitive Processing (CPT)
- Compassion Focused
- Culturally Sensitive
- Dialectical Behavior (DBT)
- Eclectic
- Emotionally Focused
- Experiential Therapy
- Family / Marital
- Humanistic
- Imago
- Integrative
- Interpersonal
- Intervention
- Mindfulness-Based (MBCT)
- Multicultural
- Parent-Child Interaction (PCIT)
- Person-Centered
- Positive Psychology
- Psychodynamic
- Rational Emotive Behavior (REBT)
- Solution Focused Brief (SFBT)
- Strength-Based
- Structural Family Therapy
Location
Nearby Areas
Counties
Neighborhoods
Call for a free consultation now - (959) 777-4553

Plan Be Counseling
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, MA Psy