Dr. Dawn Shelton, LMFT (MT1626)

Dr. Dawn Shelton is clinical member of AAMFT (American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy), and a licensed marriage and family therapist who has been working with individuals, couples, adolescents, and families in South Florida for nearly 30 years. After obtaining a Masters and Ph.D., in Family Therapy, Dr. Shelton worked initially primarily with adolescents and their families, which included working with parents on their co-parenting skills as well as couple relationships. Over the years Dr. Shelton has specialized in the following areas: trauma recovery, substance abuse recovery, early childhood attachment concerns, adoption, couples in crisis, anxiety, depression, grief/loss, life transitions including childbirth and menopause. 

In addition to her clinical work, Dr. Shelton is a part-time professor teaching Family Therapy at the graduate level and supervising Family Therapy Interns. Dr. Shelton spent several years working for local community mental health centers providing supervision and training for therapists working with at-risk youth and families in their homes. Dr. Shelton has published and presented her work at local, state and national levels.

The approach Dr. Shelton takes with clients is one of collaboration, respect, and compassion with an emphasis on client/family strengths and resiliency. The first meeting is structured to explore the unique needs and resources of each client/family and develop concrete achievable goals for therapy.  Throughout the therapy process Dr. Shelton provides ongoing collaboration with each client and family as they work toward optimum healing, growth, and change.

Dr. Shelton has experience working with individuals and families across the spectrum of ethnic and cultural backgrounds, sexual orientation, age, and religion. Working with the diverse individuals, couples and family formations of South Florida is her passion.  

Individual sessions are typically 55 minutes. Initial family sessions are scheduled for 85 minutes. Dr. Shelton provides reduced fee packages of 4, 6 and 8 sessions which can be used at any time over a 12 month period.

Please call for a free phone consultation to discuss what you are looking for and how Dr. Shelton might be able to help.