Shelby A. White LCSW

03/23/2026

Hi everyone, I am now collaborating with Riding Club of Austin to offer Equine Assisted Psychotherapy (EAP) for adults and adolescents.

Working alongside horses helps clients gently access nervous system regulation, relational patterns, and attachment wounds in real time without pressure to explain or perform. The horse’s attuned, honest responses foster safety, trust, and embodied awareness, supporting deep emotional repair and authentic connection. This approach is especially effective for high-functioning adults seeking healing that feels grounded, relational, and transformative.

For teens, this modality can create a warm, welcoming space where they can slow down, feel understood, and just be themselves. With the gentle presence of horses, teens are supported in building confidence, emotional balance, and trust at their own pace. The experience feels less like “therapy” and more like connection. This can assist teens in feeling calmer, more capable, and less alone as they navigate life’s challenges.

Email Shelby@workwithshelby.net to book.

01/24/2026

01/19/2026

This is a great description of how EFT works to shift clients out of protectiveness and into connection with themselves and their partners.



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12/29/2025

** NEW GROUP OFFERING IN AUSTIN TEXAS**

Navigating Adulthood: A Process group for women in their 20s

This group is for women in their 20s who want to feel more connected with their peers. In this bi-weekly process group we will explore topics like: managing new responsibilities related to work and/ or college student roles, imposter syndrome, family relationships, romantic relationships, dating, etc. If you’re a 20-something who finds your current stage of life a bit isolating and are longing for deeper connection from other women, this may be the group for you! Spots are limited for this group, so booking at your earliest convenience is encouraged.

Email Shelby@workwithshelby.net to book your spot.

12/29/2025

**2026 Virtual Food & Feelings Group**

This group is for women who have a history of eating disorders or disordered eating behaviors and are currently in recovery. In this group we will use expressive therapies, verbal processing, skill building and peer support to explore themes like self-compassion, working with unhelpful food rules, distress tolerance around food and eating, societal pressures, and building a strong support system to encourage resiliency in recovery.

Email Shelby@workwithshelby.net to book your spot.

11/17/2025

10/08/2025

I am now accepting couples for one of the most well-established and evidence-based couples therapy modalities available, Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT).

As an attachment focused therapist, EFT is the model I use to guide my couples work. This modality allows me to help clients become more attuned to their deepest attachment needs and communicate them effectively, while also holding space and curiosity for the other partner's attachment needs. EFT is like a vessel for transformation and trust building in our closest relationships.

Email Shelby@workwithshelby.net to set up a free 15 minute consultation.

Explore deep healing and personal growth with attachment-focused therapy in Texas and Tennessee. Embrace authenticity and connection today.

11/18/2024

🧘☀🐎Join me, Kay and Brett Hart, LPC for a full day of restorative offerings on their farm in Coupland.

This will be a great way to start the new year intentionally by exploring your creativity and deepening your connection with yourself and their lovely horses.

Find more info here: https://doxology.org/january-2025-renew-restore-retreat/

08/18/2024

☀🧘‍♀️There are so many reasons why group therapy is so powerful. Many people find that having a shared experience with others in a therapeutic group setting allows them to feel seen, heard, and validated in a way that they just aren't able to tap into in a traditional one-on-one therapy session.

👉💞Please stay tuned for my continued group offerings.

08/08/2024

🫂💞 Did you know that there's often a link between disordered eating and one's attachment style? When I work with clients who have disordered eating, I primarily work from an attachment focused lens.

👉 Check out the graphic below to see how attachment styles can affect disordered eating. (And remember this is just a GENERAL idea- people often can display different attachment patterns in different phases of their life).

👉 What are your thoughts? Have you ever noticed that working through attachment issues affected your relationship with food?

08/05/2024

🤔💞💙 Let's talk about Attachment.

Did you know attachment patterns begin in early childhood and can endure until we heal our attachment wounds and begin to practice safer attachment behaviors.

We are all worthy of consistent, safe relationships. If these have not come easy, the change can being with you!

👉 Stay tuned for more Attachment facts.