About Shirley
Shirley Rocks is a counsellor who focuses on helping people manage anxiety, stress and the fallout from major life changes. She meets people where they are and aims to create a calm space for talking things through. Her manner is warm and down-to-earth, and she offers practical ways to cope as well as time to reflect.
Shirley trained with the Mid Ulster Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapy and with Cruse Bereavement, which shaped her work with grief and loss.
Background and approach
She is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP, and brings four years of practice experience to sessions. Her approach is compassion-focused and person-centred. That means sessions start with the client’s concerns and move at a pace that feels manageable.
She uses gentle listening, questions that help clarify what matters most, and practical tools for everyday life. Shirley also offers creative options such as guided poetry and journaling for people who find writing helps them express difficult feelings. No prior writing experience is needed and these activities are optional and carefully supported.
Typical concerns she supports include anxiety, panic attacks, depression, grief, sleep problems, addiction-related issues, and struggles with self-esteem or relationships. She pays attention to attachment and abandonment themes when they come up and helps people build clearer emotional boundaries. Sessions are offered in English and can be arranged online by following the site’s sign-up process.
Shirley aims to help clients find steady, manageable steps toward greater calm and clearer thinking.
How therapy approaches work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people notice difficult thoughts and feelings and commit to actions that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, panic and feeling stuck. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early bonds shape current relationships and emotional patterns, helping people understand attachment themes like abandonment and build clearer boundaries.Choosing the right approach is collaborative. Shirley will listen to your goals and suggest which methods might help most. You can try different techniques and adjust the plan as you go so the work fits your needs and preferences.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls give a face-to-face feel for deeper conversations, while phone sessions need less bandwidth and can be easier to fit into a busy day. Live chat and text-based messaging allow shorter check-ins, quieter pacing and a written record of reflections. These options make it simpler to maintain continuity of care and to meet with a therapist from the United Kingdom or abroad without travel.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Communication problems
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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