About Shirley
Shirley Taylor is a licensed clinical professional counselor (LCPC) practicing in Kansas with 25 years of experience. She brings practical help for stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, career questions, and depression. Shirley also supports people facing compassion fatigue, addiction concerns, grief, and the strain of parenting.
Her background includes work across education, vocational services, and mental health. That mix gives her tools to address everyday problems and big transitions. She pays attention to how life roles, work, and health interact with feelings and behavior.
How Shirley works
Shirley uses straightforward talk and active listening. She helps people name what matters, set reasonable goals, and try small changes that build confidence. Sessions aim to be direct and useful rather than full of jargon.
She draws on client-centered methods, cognitive behavioral techniques, and solution-focused strategies. That means she listens closely, looks at thoughts and patterns that keep problems going, and helps clients try practical steps toward relief. Shirley adapts those approaches to each person's needs.
People come to Shirley for help with relationship strain, family problems, anger, impulsivity, and coping with life changes. Additional focus areas include ADHD, aging and geriatric issues, autism and Asperger syndrome, caregiver stress, and hospice and end-of-life counseling. She frames work as collaborative and goal-oriented to support steady progress.
Shirley lists 3 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.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 25 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Kansas |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on the individual's experience and emphasizes empathy, respect, and listening. It helps people who need a space to be heard and to make their own choices about change.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and behavior interact. It breaks problems into manageable pieces and teaches skills for reducing anxiety, managing mood, and addressing unhelpful thinking patterns.
Solution-focused therapy zeroes in on what works and builds on small, realistic steps toward goals. It is helpful when someone wants practical, short-term methods to move past a problem.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Shirley will collaborate with each person to choose or blend methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences. That lets sessions be tailored and responsive as progress unfolds.
Online sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can fit a shorter break or lower bandwidth, live chat offers a quicker check-in, and messaging supports ongoing processing between meetings. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into daily life.
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