Shelley Murphy , ACA

Shelley Murphy is an ACA counsellor with 16 years of experience who helps people facing stress, anxiety and relationship worries. She works with clients troubled by anger, low self-esteem, motivation issues and changes that feel overwhelming. Shelley sees people dealing with trauma, grief, addiction and intimacy concerns and supports those navigating parenting and career stress.

Shelley’s approach starts by treating each person as the expert in their own life. She listens for strengths and practical resources to build on. Sessions focus on clear, manageable steps people can try between meetings rather than long lectures or jargon.

Therapy often blends acceptance and commitment ideas with cognitive tools and attachment-informed listening. That mix helps when someone is stuck in unhelpful thoughts, struggling with close relationships, or carrying hurt from the past. Shelley aims for simple strategies that become useful in everyday situations.

In the room she keeps things direct and warm. People are encouraged to work at their own pace and to set goals that matter to them. Shelley offers a calm, steady presence while helping clients try small experiments that can change how they feel and relate.

Her background across many settings informs a practical style. She focuses on making therapy feel relevant to day-to-day life so coping skills can be used when they are most needed.

Therapeutic approaches and online delivery

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters most and take small actions toward those values while learning to live with difficult thoughts. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting unhelpful thinking patterns and testing new ways of responding so mood and behaviour can shift. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how past relationships shape current emotional responses and helps people build safer ways of relating and feeling understood.

Finding the right combination of approaches is part of the work. Shelley will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals and preferences. Together they set clear, achievable steps and adapt techniques as progress is made.

Online therapy makes those approaches easier to access. Shelley uses video calls for deeper conversations and emotional work, phone sessions when video is not possible, and live chat or text-based messaging for brief check-ins or shorter coaching-style support. These options allow people to fit therapy around work, family or study and to use formats that suit their comfort and bandwidth.