Shirley Colee , LMHC

Shirley Colee is a Florida-licensed mental health counselor with twenty years of experience. She focuses on helping people who are struggling with relationship stress, grief, trauma, anxiety, depression, and issues around intimacy and self-esteem. Shirley aims to create a respectful, compassionate space where clients can speak honestly and begin to make changes that matter to them.

Her work often addresses practical problems such as communication breakdowns, family conflict, parenting strain, substance concerns, and coping with life changes. She also supports people facing complex challenges like bipolar disorder, ADHD, and compassion fatigue. Sessions are tailored to each person's needs rather than following a one-size-fits-all plan.

Shirley uses therapy methods that emphasize the person's experience and present-day coping. She draws on client-centered ideas to listen and reflect, cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns, and EMDR when trauma processing is appropriate. The aim is to combine understanding with clear steps clients can try between sessions.

She works with people on everyday struggles such as anger, guilt, codependency, and eating-related concerns. Shirley also helps with life transitions, caregiver stress, and issues that stem from family of origin dynamics. Her approach is straightforward and focused on what the client wants to change.

Located in Florida, Shirley conducts sessions in English and accepts international clients. Getting started involves a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a session once matched.

Approaches you can use online

Shirley blends methods that focus on understanding your experience and teaching practical skills. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening and empathy so the client can set the pace and goals of work. It is useful when someone needs a supportive space to talk through relationship and life stressors.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. In sessions she helps people identify unhelpful thinking patterns and test small behavior changes to reduce anxiety, depression, or compulsive habits. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, EMDR, can be used for processing trauma memories when the client and therapist agree it may help.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Shirley will discuss options and help choose methods that fit a person's goals, history, and comfort level. That choice is collaborative and can be adjusted as therapy progresses.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face interaction for skill practice and deeper conversation. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit into a busy day. Live chat and text messaging offer brief check-ins and written reflection when a shorter touchpoint is helpful. These options make it easier to get consistent care while fitting therapy into daily life.