Shirley Colee, LMHC

Florida · 20 years in practice

Shirley Colee is a licensed mental health counselor in Florida who supports people facing relationship struggles, trauma, grief, anxiety, depression, and struggles with addiction.

License and registration

LMHC, Florida: MH3465 · expires March 2027
NPI: 1366503971 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 20
Languages: English

Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.

About Shirley

Shirley Colee is a licensed mental health counselor in Florida who supports people facing relationship struggles, trauma, grief, anxiety, depression, and struggles with addiction. She works to make the first steps feel manageable and respects the courage it takes to reach out for help. Shirley spends sessions listening closely and shaping the conversation to match each person's needs.

She uses straightforward approaches to help people notice unhelpful patterns, practice new ways of coping, and manage strong emotions.

Background and approach

EMDR is one of the tools she uses when trauma and difficult memories are central to the problem. Her style is respectful and compassionate, and she aims to create a space where people feel heard. She combines client-centered work with practical skills from cognitive behavioral therapy and techniques from dialectical behavior therapy when emotion regulation and distress tolerance are needed.

With two decades of experience, Shirley has worked with a wide range of concerns including parenting stress, caregiving strain, identity and attachment issues, eating-related problems, and challenges with impulse control. She helps people who are navigating life changes, career stress, feelings of emptiness, or complicated family histories.

Sessions are offered in English and are available to people inside and outside the United States. Shirley tailors treatment plans and conversations to the issues each person brings, aiming for clear goals and steady progress.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Shirley lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Relationship issues
Family conflicts
Trauma and abuse
Grief
Depression
Stress, Anxiety
Addictions
Intimacy-related issues
Eating disorders
Parenting issues
Anger management
Self esteem
Career difficulties
Bipolar disorder
Coping with life changes
Compassion fatigue
ADHD
Aging and geriatric issues
Attachment issues
Caregiver issues and stress
Codependency
Communication problems
Control issues
Divorce and separation
Drug and alcohol addiction
Eating and food-related issues
Emptiness
Family of origin issues
Family problems
Forgiveness
Guilt and shame
Impulsivity
Infidelity
Isolation / loneliness
Jealousy
Life purpose
Men's issues
Midlife crisis
Money and financial issues
Mood disorders
Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
Panic disorder and panic attacks
Phobias
Post-traumatic stress
Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
Self-love
Sex addiction
Sexual assault and abuse
Social anxiety and phobia
Women's issues
Workplace issues

Approaches Shirley names

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Online support

How therapeutic approaches work online

Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and building trust so people feel understood and can set their own goals. This approach helps when someone needs a space to sort out feelings and make decisions. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behavior and teaches concrete skills to change unhelpful patterns. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, abbreviated EMDR, is a method used to work through distressing memories and reduce their intensity when trauma is involved.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Shirley will review what you bring, discuss goals, and recommend a mix of methods that fit your needs and preferences. Clients often start with a listening phase and then add skills, processing work, or focused trauma sessions as appropriate.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy practical for busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat offers a shorter check-in option, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, caregiving, and travel.

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Questions people ask

What kinds of problems does Shirley address?

She works with people facing relationship difficulties, family conflict, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, anxiety, addictions, and related concerns such as parenting stress, anger, and low self-esteem.

How would you describe her therapy style?

She listens closely and shapes the conversation to each person. Sessions mix client-centered listening with practical skills from cognitive behavioral and dialectical behavior approaches.

What is her professional background?

Shirley has 20 years of professional experience working with a wide range of concerns including trauma, caregiving stress, and family of origin issues.

Where is she licensed and based?

She is licensed as an LMHC in Florida and provides services while based in that state.

Can I work with her if I live outside the United States?

Yes. Sessions are offered to international clients and are conducted in English.

In what formats are sessions offered?

She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and communication preferences.

How are fees and payment handled?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

What do I need to do to begin?

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