About
Shiver Therapy
Everyone needs a little help sometimes. When you're struggling, you deserve to be believed, understood, and met with empathy. Our therapist, Ty Shiver, believes each person is created healthy and whole, and that adverse experiences can impact us. Ty genuinely enjoys teaming up with her clients to guide them back to their original, joyful, and healthy selves.
Ty's practice welcomes clients from age 4 to adulthood. For children, she uses play therapy—their natural language—to help them express feelings, process experiences, and develop coping skills. For older children, adolescents, adults, and families, Ty is dedicated to helping them find more adaptive ways to thrive, whether through developing practical skills, supporting parents in creating a peaceful home, or navigating personal challenges. She also enjoys working with college-aged adults during their pivotal time of self-discovery, and is passionate about supporting women through various life stages, including postpartum, parenting, marriage, and broader women's issues.
Our
Approach
At Shiver Therapy, we respect the unique story of each client, meeting everyone with compassion and understanding. Drawing on training in child development and extensive experience helping overwhelmed adults, parents, and struggling children, we partner with you to find solutions that lead to hope, healing, and freedom. We'll work together as a team to discover what truly works for you and your family.
Areas of Expertise
When Ty Shiver works with clients, she tailors her approach to their unique needs, considering factors like age and presenting concerns. She is trained in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Child-Centered Play Therapy, and Unified Protocol for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders for Children and Adolescents (UP-C/A). She is also trained in EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing), a highly effective, gentle therapy that helps both children and adults safely process and heal from trauma. It offers profound resolution for past wounds, allowing clients to move forward with resilience. Additionally, she utilizes SPACE (Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions), a specialized parent-based program that reduces childhood anxiety and OCD by equipping parents with skills to shift their own responses to their child's distress. Ty believes every maladaptive behavior once served a purpose, and she is here to help clients explore behaviors that serve them better in the present.
Specifications
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
At its heart, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps you understand the powerful connection between your thoughts, feelings, and actions. In a collaborative space, you'll learn to recognize and reshape tricky thought patterns that might be holding you back. This empowers you to build resilience, find brighter paths forward, and create positive changes for a more fulfilling, joyful life.
Child
Play Therapy
EMDR
Play therapy is important for children because play is their natural language and how they make sense of their world. Unlike adults, children often don't have the words or the emotional maturity to tell us about complex feelings or experiences. Through play, little ones can express themselves, process difficult situations, and develop crucial coping skills in a safe and wonderfully supportive environment. This gentle approach guides them toward healing, growth, and building the strong emotional and social foundation they need to thrive.
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EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is a highly researched, gentle, and effective therapy designed for trauma resolution. By using guided eye movements or bilateral taps, EMDR helps the brain naturally process and unlock stuck, painful memories. This safe and structured approach allows both children and adults to process past wounds effectively, paving the way for profound and lasting healing.
SPACE FOR PARENTS​
Unified Protocol for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders for Children and Adolescents (UP-C/A)
SPACE (Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions) is an innovative, evidence-based program developed at Yale University that treats childhood anxiety and OCD by working directly with parents.
Unlike traditional therapies that focus solely on the child, SPACE teaches parents concrete skills to change their own responses to their child’s distress. By systematically reducing "parental accommodations" (like answering for a shy child or participating in anxious rituals) while maintaining a deeply supportive environment, SPACE effectively reduces the child's symptoms from the outside in, fostering long-term resilience and grit.
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The Unified Protocol for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders for Children and Adolescents (UP-C/A) is an efficient, evidence-based approach for youth struggling with anxiety, depression, and emotional challenges. Instead of treating each issue separately, it targets the common core underlying these disorders. By teaching practical skills—like mindfulness, cognitive flexibility, and facing difficult feelings instead of avoiding them—UP-C/A streamlines treatment and empowers families with tools that build lasting resilience.
Experience
Therapist's Journey
Ty's mental health career began supporting women and college students before transitioning to K-12 counseling, giving her a broad perspective across diverse age groups. For over two decades, she's provided unconditional support, guiding clients through challenges like anxiety, grief, depression, anger, self-esteem issues, school difficulties, and challenging behaviors.
Beyond direct counseling, Ty's experience teaching Dual Enrollment Psychology (7 years) and Life Span Development (2 years) deeply enhances her understanding of human development stages in therapy.
As a wife and working mother of four, she uniquely understands the complexities of raising children, managing relationships, and striving for work-life balance. Ty is here to help you navigate it all.
Qualifications
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Licensed Mental Health Therapist, Florida
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Education Specialist degree, Mental Health Counseling, Florida Atlantic University
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Counseling Director at K-12 private school
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Internship at Minirth-Meier Clinic, Dallas, Texas
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Master's degree, School Counseling, Florida Atlantic University
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Bachelor's degree, Psychology, Florida State University