About Shelley
Shelley Mclean is a BACP counsellor who focuses on helping people manage stress and anxiety. She writes in a direct, respectful way and aims to make the first steps feel less daunting for someone looking for change. Shelley works from an integrative perspective, which means she brings together different evidence-based techniques to suit each person's needs.
Sessions are adapted to what matters to the client rather than following a fixed script.
Background and approach
She pays attention to how past experiences show up now, especially around trauma, attachment and feelings of abandonment. Many people seek her help for low mood, losses and life transitions. She also supports those dealing with relationship strain, parenting pressures, career uncertainty or grief.
Shelley meets people who struggle with panic attacks, ADHD-related challenges and issues around shame, guilt and isolation. Her approach is practical and conversational. Conversations aim to identify small, manageable steps so things feel less overwhelming between sessions.
Shelley emphasises respect, sensitivity and compassion in her work. She has three years of professional experience in the United Kingdom and holds BACP registration, which is shown as BACP. Shelley offers appointments online in English and accepts international clients.
To begin, a short matching questionnaire helps connect someone to therapy and then scheduling follows the usual process.
Approaches and how online therapy fits your life
Many clients benefit from interventions that focus on current symptoms and practical coping skills. One common approach used in integrative work teaches breathing and grounding strategies, simple tools that reduce panic and high anxiety in the moment. These exercises are useful for panic attacks and overwhelming stress.Another approach blends exploration of past experiences with present-focused techniques to understand how attachment and earlier losses affect daily life now. This can help when people are dealing with abandonment, relationship difficulties or ongoing feelings of emptiness and shame.
Deciding which approach to use is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk through goals, preferences and what has or hasn't worked before. Together they select methods that feel doable and relevant, and adjust them as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to make therapy more accessible. Video is useful when visual connection helps the work, while phone calls work well with lower bandwidth. Live chat and messaging can suit short check-ins or days when a written conversation feels easier. These options aim to fit therapy around work, family and travel needs, so people can keep continuity even when life is busy.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Relationship issues
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Visually impaired
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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