About Shirley
Shirley Currier is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) based in Texas. She draws on 19 years of clinical experience to help people facing anxiety, depression, addictions, phobias, and relationship challenges. Shirley aims to make the first steps feel manageable and clear for someone who is worried or overwhelmed.
Shirley’s interest in counseling began through her own recovery from addiction, which shaped how she listens and responds to people in hard places.
Background and approach
She has worked in physician offices, non profit agencies, day treatment programs, and court diversion programs. That variety taught her to match practical tools to each person’s real-life situation. Her approach blends several well-known methods like cognitive behavioral techniques, emotion-focused work, and acceptance-based strategies.
Sessions focus on clear goals, developing coping skills, and improving communication. Shirley describes clients as the experts on their own lives and brings experience to help find a workable path forward. She is open-minded about lifestyle differences and aims to create a respectful space for honest conversation.
Common concerns she helps people with include trauma and abuse, panic and anxiety, obsessive behaviors, process addictions, grief, and relationship issues tied to trust and attachment. Therapy can include short-term plans for specific problems or longer work on patterns and relationships. Shirley offers phone, video, chat, and text-based sessions so people can pick what fits their schedule and comfort level.
How Shirley's Approaches Work Online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying values and learning to accept difficult thoughts while taking meaningful action. It can help when anxiety, avoidance, or low mood make it hard to move forward. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at thoughts and behaviors to build practical coping skills for panic, phobias, obsessions, and depression. It often uses homework and step-by-step practice to change unhelpful patterns. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people understand and shift emotional responses that affect relationships and attachment concerns, making it useful for intimacy and communication issues.Finding the best approach is part of the work. Shirley will collaborate with each person to figure out which methods match their needs, goals, and comfort level. She uses clinical experience and the client’s own priorities to shape a plan that may combine techniques rather than sticking to a single label.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make scheduling easier. Video lets people use visual cues and in-session exercises, phone can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, chat and messaging suit quick check-ins or those who prefer typed communication. These options help therapy fit into busy lives and make it easier to keep consistent progress.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- 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
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 19 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English
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