Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Compassion fatigue
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCPC
- Licensed in
- Kansas
- Years in practice
- 25
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Shirley
Shirley Taylor is a Kansas licensed clinician with 25 years of experience as an LCPC. She has worked across education, vocational services, and mental health settings, helping people handle stress at work, social anxiety, and life transitions. Shirley focuses on tangible steps people can use right away.
She listens first, then helps set realistic goals. Her sessions are down-to-earth and practical. She helps people struggling with low self-esteem, motivation, relationship troubles, grief, and anger.
Background and approach
She also supports those facing compassion fatigue, addiction concerns, career uncertainty, and ADHD-related challenges. Shirley draws on client-centered therapy to prioritize each person's experience. She uses cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thinking and test new behaviors.
Solution-focused methods are used to set small, achievable goals and track progress. People meet Shirley when they want clear guidance and tools they can use between sessions. She pays attention to everyday routines, communication habits, and work-life demands.
The aim is steady, manageable change rather than quick fixes. Her background in schools and vocational programs informs how she supports career concerns and life transitions. Shirley works with adults on parenting stress, family problems, end-of-life caregiving, and issues linked to intellectual or developmental disabilities.
Conversations move at the client's pace, with practical strategies to try between meetings.
What Shirley works with
Everything Shirley lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Shirley's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Compassion fatigue
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Shirley lists
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How Shirley blends therapy approaches online
Shirley uses client-centered therapy to build sessions around each person's concerns and values. That means the conversation starts with the client's priorities, and goals are shaped from there rather than imposed by the therapist.She also applies cognitive behavioral therapy, a hands-on method that helps people spot unhelpful thoughts and try small behavior changes. This approach can be useful for anxiety, depression, anger, and stress by breaking problems into manageable steps.
Solution-focused therapy is used to set short-term, achievable goals and track progress. It helps when someone wants practical changes fast, such as improving communication or coping with a specific life transition.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Shirley collaborates with clients to choose methods that fit their goals, preferences, and day-to-day life. She treats the plan as flexible and adjusts it as progress is made.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is good for face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions are helpful when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and messaging are useful for brief check-ins, ongoing coaching support, or when writing feels easier than speaking. These options make therapy easier to fit around work, caregiving, and other commitments.
Questions people ask about Shirley
What kinds of concerns does Shirley address?
Shirley supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, anger, grief, addictions, relationship and family problems, career questions, parenting strain, trauma, compassion fatigue, and ADHD-related challenges.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
She practices a down-to-earth, goal-oriented style that combines listening with concrete tools. Sessions focus on setting small steps and trying new behaviors between meetings.
What experience does she bring to sessions?
Shirley has 25 years of clinical experience across education, vocational services, and mental health settings, which shapes her practical approach to everyday problems.
Where is Shirley licensed and based?
She is a Kansas LCPC, which stands for Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, and practices from Kansas.
In which languages are sessions offered?
Sessions are offered in English.
What formats are available for sessions?
Therapy can take place via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different schedules and needs.
How are costs and subscriptions handled?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with Shirley?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to the therapist's availability.