Conquering Progress Notes

Shelly Bates has always had a knack for creativity and a passion to help people learn and grow. She is an author, licensed professional counselor, teacher, mentor, and has an uncanny (gifted) ability to challenge, stretch and strengthen those that cross her path.

She is the founder of Butterfly Effect Counseling & Consultation Center (BECCC), a trauma-focused facility. Trauma in it's most basic description is a distressing and/or disturbing experience that someone has not released, worked through, or has not received some form of resolve. Sometimes trauma can stem from unresolved emotional stress. BECCC is a place where teen girls and women can experience transformation and learn tools to get back in the driver’s seat of life. The Consultation Center serves as a platform to educate professional corporations, executives, management, and those working in high-stress careers like attorneys, teachers, physicians and their employees about mental health as well as provide in person wellness strategies, in office practice/mini-sessions, and programs.

Inspire for Higher is a creative and inspirational tool for all things learning. An avid researcher and reader, Shelly believes the day she stops learning is the day she will be six feet under. Accordingly, she endeavors to take what she has learned and share this knowledge with others. Shelly holds the belief no man is an island and we are better together.