About Shirley
Shirley Currier offers straightforward, practical help for people struggling with addiction, anxiety, depression, grief, and relationship pain. She meets people where they are and focuses on what will make daily life more manageable. Shirley holds LPC and LMFT credentials and has 19 years of professional experience in mental health care in Texas.
Shirley draws on her long experience to guide practical steps forward. She uses approaches that help people change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, manage strong emotions, and strengthen important relationships.
How Shirley works
Sessions focus on real situations - triggers, coping strategies, communication, and planning next steps. Her background includes work in physician offices, nonprofit programs, day treatment settings, and court diversion programs. That variety shaped a plain-spoken style that centers the client's goals.
She respects different life choices and treats people with acceptance and direct feedback. Shirley’s own recovery journey launched her interest in counseling and informed her perspective on process addictions and substance use. She emphasizes collaboration and sees the person as the expert on their life while offering clinical experience to chart a path forward.
People who come for help can expect a warm, practical approach. Shirley combines techniques from cognitive-behavioral, mindfulness-informed, and emotionally-focused work to address symptoms and behaviors. She aims to build skills for managing stress, improving relationships, and moving through life changes.
Shirley lists 8 ways of working on the entry:
What Shirley works with
The areas below are the ones Shirley selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
Training and background
| Registers | LPC, LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 19 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Texas |
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Online support options
How specific therapies are used online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then choose actions that match their values. Online ACT can help with anxiety, depression, and challenges like shame or self-criticism by using exercises and homework between sessions.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. In virtual sessions this can mean practicing new responses, reviewing thought records, and using brief behavioral experiments to reduce panic, OCD tendencies, or negative mood.
Emotionally-Focused Therapy centers on understanding relationship patterns and deep emotions. Remotely, this approach supports clearer communication and stronger emotional connection through guided conversations and role-played responses.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Shirley will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. That conversation informs how sessions are structured and which skills are emphasized.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls are close to an in-person experience for teaching skills and processing emotions. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or to fit a break at work. Live chat or text-based messaging can support short check-ins, skill practice, or ongoing encouragement between sessions.
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A practical next step
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