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Online therapist

Shirley Colee

Practical, compassionate support for families

Credentials
LMHC
Experience
20 years
Licensed in
Florida
Languages
English
Format
Online sessions

About Shirley

Shirley Colee is a Florida-licensed mental health counselor who focuses on family and parenting concerns among a wide range of life challenges. She aims to make the first step feel manageable and meets people where they are. Her manner is calm and respectful, and she emphasizes sensitivity and compassion in sessions.

Shirley brings 20 years of professional experience to the work. She helps with relationship and family conflicts, trauma and abuse, grief and loss, anxiety, depression, and stress.

Background and approach

She also supports people facing addictions, parenting questions, intimacy-related concerns, and coping with major life changes. Her approach is practical and flexible. She adapts conversations and plans to fit each person’s needs instead of using one fixed method.

That can mean learning skills for managing strong emotions, practicing new ways to communicate, or processing difficult memories. Shirley uses several evidence-informed approaches when appropriate. These include client-centered techniques that prioritize the person’s experience, cognitive behavioral strategies to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, dialectical behavior therapy skills for emotion regulation, and EMDR for trauma processing.

She explains options and tailors work to individual goals. Sessions are offered in English and Shirley works with clients across Florida. She accepts international clients and offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.

The license is FL LMHC MH3465.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Shirley commonly uses client-centered techniques that focus on listening, understanding, and following the client’s lead to set goals and pace. This approach helps when someone needs a supportive space to talk through family or parenting concerns.

She also draws on cognitive behavioral therapy or CBT to identify thought patterns and build practical skills for managing anxiety, depression, and stress. CBT work often includes concrete exercises and strategies you can use between sessions. When trauma is a focus, she may use Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing or EMDR to help process distressing memories in a step-by-step way.

Finding the best approach is a collaborative process. Shirley will review options with each person and recommend methods that match their needs, goals, and comfort level. She tailors the plan and checks in regularly to adjust what’s working.

Online therapy offers flexibility for people with busy schedules or who live far from in-person services. Sessions can happen by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging so clients can pick what fits their life. These formats make it easier to keep continuity of care and practice new skills in day-to-day situations.

Client-Centered Therapy

The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

Concrete skills for riding out strong emotion, tolerating distress, and handling relationships without things escalating. The skills are practised in daily life, so between-session support by message or phone fits naturally.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Shirley address?
She works with relationship and family problems, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, anxiety, stress, addictions, parenting issues, and other related concerns.
What is her therapy style like?
Shirley uses a respectful, client-centered style and adapts sessions to each person. She mixes practical skill-building with space to process emotions.
How long has she practiced?
She has 20 years of professional experience working in mental health and related supports.
What are her credentials and location?
She is a licensed mental health counselor, FL LMHC MH3465, and practices in Florida.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are accepted.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging as ways to meet online.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working together?
To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.

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