About Shirley
Shirley Grube is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with four decades of experience. She focuses on practical steps people can take when stress, anxiety, depression, grief, or life changes feel overwhelming. Shirley emphasizes the client’s own knowledge of their story and builds on personal strengths.
She uses clear, straightforward methods to help people manage panic, work through loss, and rebuild confidence. Sessions often focus on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing small behavior changes that make daily life easier.
Background and approach
Shirley also helps people facing workplace challenges, addiction concerns, or relationship and communication problems. Her approach centers on empowerment and gradual progress. She encourages clients to set realistic goals and practice new skills between meetings.
That can include short experiments, breathing strategies, and steps to reduce avoidance or isolation. Shirley brings long experience to practical problems like career stress, low self-esteem, and changes after a major life event. She pays attention to what a person already does well and looks for ways to apply those strengths to current struggles.
People who choose Shirley can expect a calm, straightforward pace and focus on actions that help in everyday life. She guides each person toward tools that fit their routines and priorities rather than one-size-fits-all solutions.
CBT and practical approaches for online care
Shirley uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) in online sessions. CBT focuses on spotting and testing thoughts that increase anxiety or depression and practicing small behavior changes that improve daily functioning. It often helps with panic, anxiety, low mood, and problems with motivation or avoidance.Her style is collaborative. She will work with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and routines. That discussion helps shape a plan that blends skill practice, short experiments, and real-life steps to reduce distress and build confidence.
Online therapy with Shirley is available by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls let someone work visually with the therapist, phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth or camera use is an issue, and messaging or live chat work well for brief check-ins or when scheduling quick support. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work breaks, caregiving schedules, or travel, while keeping a steady focus on the strategies that help most.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 40 years
- Licensed
- Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English
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