Shelby Riley, LMFT is a nationally recognized speaker with expertise in family relationships, mental health issues, clinical interventions, and practice building/business development for healing professionals. She is a dynamic speaker who uses humor and concrete tools to equip her audience to leave inspired and ready to put new knowledge into action.
Popular Topics…
…for the Public
- Co-Leadership: How to Create a Respectful Partnership at Home
- Intentional Living: Creating a Work-Life Balance that Really Works
- One Person, Many Hats: Honoring Multiple Roles and Talents
…for Mental Health Professionals
- Time-Tested Play Therapy Techniques
- Solution Focused Therapy with Couples and Families
- Treating Anxiety: Partnering With Primary Care Physicians
This workshop will teach an effective brief model of treating anxiety and guide participants in partnering with clients’ primary care physicians to improve client outcomes. - Building a Thriving Private Practice
- Building a Thriving Group Practice
What People Are Saying
“I had the opportunity to attend Shelby’s seminar and enjoyed it very much. It was the seminar I was most looking forward to and it proved to be as great as I had hoped.”
Heather S.
“Shelby combines a sound clinical background with effective business savvy—she understands the challenges real therapists face in building a practice and how to address them. This was a highly motivating presentation, a real confidence builder.”
Barb S.
“I feel so much clearer about my direction and my ability to follow through on my goals. I feel so empowered after Shelby’s presentation.”
Susan M.
Previous Presentations
- 6ABC Mental Health Town Hall Panel with Tamala Edwards on Covid and Racial Injustice, Philadelphia, PA: May 2021
- Branding Yourself and the Profession Throughout Your Career, AAMFT Leadership Symposium, Online: March 2021
- Branding Yourself and the Profession Throughout Your Career, AAMFT Leadership Symposium, Arlington, VA: March 2019
- Writing Complex Characters in Fiction, Gateless Masters Luminary Podcast: November 2018
- Self-Care and Avoiding Compassion Fatigue, Church World Service, Lancaster, PA: October 2018
- Effective Communication and Team Building, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA: October 2018
- Blogging to Market Your Practice and the Profession, AAMFT Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA: October 2017
- Transitioning to Full Time Private Practice, AAMFT Leadership Symposium, Arlington, VA: March 2017
- Roundtable Discussion Leader: Private Practice Business Strategies, Healthy Divorce Symposium, Blue Bell, PA: November 2016
- Rights and Entitlements in Divorce, co-presented with Cris Pastore, Esq., Healthy Divorce Symposium, Blue Bell, PA: November 2016
- Practice Building 101, VA Tech MFT program, Falls Church, VA (via Skype): November 2016
- Welcome to the MFT Profession, Council for Relationships Orientation, Philadelphia, PA: September 2016
- The Importance of Networking, PAMFT Business Day, Plymouth Meeting, PA: April 2016
- AAMFT Emerging Leaders Career Q&A: Private Practice, Webinar: March 2016
- Building a Group Practice: Developing Your Career and the Careers of Other MFTs, AAMFT Leadership Symposium, Santa Fe, NM: March 2016
- The Divorce Course for Women, Mental Health Component, Chester County Adult Night School, West Chester, PA: October 2015
- Treating Anxiety: Partnering with Primary Care Physicians, AAMFT Annual Conference, Austin TX: September 2015
- Creating a Thriving Private Practice, PAMFT Business Day, Plymouth Meeting, PA: February 2015
- Market Your Practice to Primary Care Physicians, AAMFT Teneo Webinar: May 2014
- Building a Thriving Practice, PAMFT workshop, Plymouth Meeting, PA: May 2014
- Creating a Thriving Private Practice, PAMFT Business Day, Plymouth Meeting, PA: February 2014
- Partnering with Primary Care Physicians, AAMFT Leadership Conference, Arlington, VA: March 2014
- Men, Women, Communication and Marriage, The Countrymen’s Club, Elverson, PA: May 2013
- Creating a Thriving Private Practice, PAMFT Business Day, Plymouth Meeting, PA: February 2013
- Practice Building Training, Downingtown, PA Level Two: October 2012
- Practice Building Training, Downingtown, PA Level One: September 2012
- Practice Building Training, Chester Springs, PA Level One: May 2012
- Blogging to Market MFTs, AAMFT Leadership Conference, Arlington, VA: March 2012
- Creating a Thriving Private Practice, KSU MFT grad class via Skype: October 2011
- Intimacy in the Bedroom, Christ Community Church, West Chester, PA: February 2011
- Mindfulness: Staying Present to Your Life, Christ Community Church, West Chester, PA: February 2011
- Creating a Thriving Private Practice, KSU MFT grad class via Skype: October 2010
- The Art of Communication, Valley View Community Church, Audubon, PA: April 2009
- The Art of Communication, Christ Community Church, West Chester, PA: February 2009
- The Balancing Act, Christ Community Church, West Chester, PA: February 2009
- Co-Moderator: Clinical Challenges: Understanding Cultural Diversity and Development in Marriage and Family Therapy, PAMFT Annual Conference, Philadelphia, PA: April 2008
- Raising Your Child’s Emotional Awareness, Starting Forever, Exton, PA: February 2008
- Identifying Depression and Anxiety in Children, Training for Paraprofessionals, TheraPlay, West Chester, PA: February 2008
- Play Therapy, Training for Professionals, Peacemaker Center, Downingtown, PA: January 2008
- Crisis Work with Families, Training for Professionals, Peacemaker Center, Downingtown, PA: April 2006
- Key Note Speaker for Canyon View Christian Fellowship (CVCF) Church’s Children’s Summit, San Diego, CA: May 2005
- Working with Children and Adolescents: Therapeutic Clinical Interventions, CAMFT CEU workshop, San Diego, CA: March 2005
- Key Note Speaker for Canyon View Christian Fellowship (CVCF) Church’s Children’s Summit, San Diego, CA: May 2004
