Works with
- Anger
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- ADHD
How Shirley works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCSW, CSW
- Licensed in
- Colorado
- Years in practice
- 35
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Shirley
Shirley Williams is a licensed clinical social worker who focuses on helping people manage anger and related stresses. She brings a calm, practical style and 35 years of experience to sessions. Shirley emphasizes simple tools people can use between meetings.
She speaks in clear, direct language so worried caregivers and parents can follow along easily. Shirley trained in social work at Wayne State University and holds a Master of Social Work.
Background and approach
She has worked in health care, hospice, schools, foster care and adoption, and pregnancy services. That broad background shaped her interest in grief, caregiving stress, chronic illness, and end-of-life concerns. Her approach blends trauma-focused methods with somatic ideas and creative tools.
She uses Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, Narrative Therapy, and trauma-focused work when those fit a person’s goals. She also brings movement, sound, and clay-based exercises into sessions when clients want experiential options. Shirley often helps people facing anxiety, depression, relationship strain, parenting stress, attention differences, sleep or eating issues, and life transitions.
She also supports people coping with attachment wounds, abandonment, guilt, and post-traumatic stress. Sessions aim to build clearer coping skills and reduce reactive patterns. Clients can meet by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging.
Shirley combines practical skills, body-centered techniques, and storytelling to help people notice patterns and try new ways of responding. Her long career reflects a steady curiosity about what actually helps people move forward.
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.
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- ADHD
- Stress, Anxiety
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's 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.
Trauma-informed approaches and online care
Shirley uses Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing to help people process painful memories. EMDR pairs focused attention with guided eye movements or other bilateral stimulation to reduce the intensity of traumatic memories and related reactions.Narrative Therapy is another approach she uses to help people retell and reframe their life stories. It focuses on separating the person from the problem and finding alternative, more empowering meanings for difficult experiences.
Trauma-Focused Therapy brings attention to how past events affect day-to-day feelings and behavior, and then teaches concrete strategies to manage symptoms and reactions. These approaches are often combined with somatic practices and expressive tools like movement or clay when that fits a person’s goals.
Choosing the right method is a shared process. Shirley works collaboratively to match methods to a person’s needs, goals, and preferences, and will adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can be used when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text-based messaging suit quick check-ins or people who prefer writing. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to continue work between sessions.
Questions people ask about Shirley
What concerns does Shirley commonly address?
She works with relationship strain, grief, trauma and abuse, anxiety, depression, stress, anger, parenting issues, attention differences, sleep and eating concerns, and life transitions.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is practical and trauma-focused, combining talk therapy with body-centered and creative exercises to help people learn new coping skills.
What is her professional background?
Shirley has 35 years of clinical experience and has worked in health care, hospice, schools, foster care and adoption, and pregnancy services.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds LCSW and CSW credentials and practices in Colorado.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on the client’s needs.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability.