About Shirley
Shirley Taylor is a licensed counselor in Kansas with 25 years of experience. She brings practical skills from education, vocational work, and mental health to help people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and career concerns. Shirley focuses on everyday problems so people can make real changes in their routines and relationships.
She listens with warmth and directness. Sessions are aimed at understanding what matters now and finding steps that fit daily life.
Background and approach
That can mean learning new ways to handle strong emotions, building self-esteem, or planning next steps after a major life change. Shirley uses approaches that emphasize the person's perspective, present goals, and thinking patterns. She helps clients spot unhelpful thoughts, set small achievable goals, and practice new behaviors between sessions.
This practical style suits people looking for clear tools and steady support. She also works with issues often connected to long-term stress, such as compassion fatigue, caregiving strain, grief, and challenges tied to aging or disability. Shirley pays attention to how life roles and responsibilities affect mood and functioning.
Her background in vocational and educational settings can help those balancing work, family, and health demands. The pace and focus adjust to each person. Shirley aims to walk alongside clients as they try new strategies, rethink patterns, and build more comfortable day-to-day routines.
She provides straightforward guidance and respects each client's goals and timing.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding the person's experience. In practice this means the therapist reflects what is said, asks helpful questions, and supports the client's own goals and priorities. It is useful when someone wants a respectful space to sort out feelings and choices.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Sessions often include identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and practicing small behavior changes between appointments. CBT is commonly used for anxiety, depression, stress, and managing everyday challenges.
Solution-Focused Therapy zeroes in on practical next steps and small goals. It helps people notice strengths and try brief experiments to change their situation. This approach works well for those who want concrete progress in a limited time.
Choosing the right approach is a shared process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked before. Together they adjust methods and pace to match the person's needs and schedule.
Online sessions give flexible ways to meet this work. Video calls allow more of a face-to-face feel, phone sessions fit when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text-based messaging can be used for quicker check-ins or ongoing support between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving, or other responsibilities.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- 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
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- Kansas
- Languages
- English