About Shelley
Shelley Rorvick is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 12 years of clinical experience. Based in Minnesota, Shelley offers practical help for people navigating relationship and intimacy challenges.
Background and approach
They speak English and Spanish and work with a wide range of sexual and relational concerns. Shelley aims to make therapy direct and approachable.
Sessions focus on clear goals and real-life strategies. They emphasize each person's strengths and lived knowledge of their own story.
Shelley has a long history helping people with LGBT issues, gender dysphoria concerns, and sexuality questions. They also address infidelity, communication problems, and family of origin issues.
People turn to Shelley for support around trauma, addiction, and sexual concerns including sex and process addictions. A particular area of focus is consensual non-monogamy, kink, BDSM, and alternative sexual cultures.
Shelley helps clients talk through boundaries, consent, and negotiated agreements in ways that fit their values and relationships. In sessions Shelley takes a collaborative, respectful stance.
They work with clients to set goals, try practical exercises, and adjust plans as needed. The approach aims to be straightforward and useful for everyday life.
To begin, Shelley asks people to share their story and priorities so therapy can be tailored. They combine experience with a nonjudgmental attitude to help people move toward clearer communication and healthier patterns.
Therapeutic approaches and online options
Evidence-based therapeutic techniques often used with sexual and relationship concerns include approaches that focus on improving communication and attachment. These methods teach ways to name needs, notice interaction patterns, and practice new ways of relating to reduce conflict and increase connection. Therapies that address sexual health and problematic sexual behaviors use clear behavior-focused strategies. These approaches look at triggers, build replacement skills, and set practical plans for change to address issues like process addiction, sex addiction, or sexual dysfunction. Finding the right approach is part of the work. Shelley will collaborate with each person to pick methods that fit their goals and values. Together they set priorities, try specific exercises, and shift course when something is not working. Online therapy offers flexibility for busy lives. Video calls let people use visual cues and hold longer sessions. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can be easier when looking for a shorter check-in. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for ongoing support between sessions and for people who prefer writing to speaking. These options make it possible to fit therapy into varied schedules and communication preferences, while keeping the focus on practical change and clearer relationships.Frequently asked questions
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Intimacy-related issues
Also works with
- Addictions
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Communication problems
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Gender dysphoria
- Infidelity
- Multicultural concerns
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Sex addiction
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Trauma and abuse
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Minnesota, Wisconsin
- Languages
- English, Spanish