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Shirley Colee, LMHC

  • Experience20 years
  • LocationFlorida
  • Focus areasRelationship, Family, and Trauma and abuse
  • Therapy approachesInternal Family Systems and Client-Centered Therapy
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About Shirley

Shirley Colee is a Florida-licensed therapist with two decades of clinical experience helping people navigate relationship tensions, family conflict, trauma, grief, mood concerns, and substance-related problems. She frames care around respect, sensitivity, and compassion, creating individualized treatment plans that reflect each person's circumstances and goals.

Background and approach

Shirley draws on a range of evidence-informed methods to address anxiety, depression, bipolar challenges, addiction, intimacy and parenting concerns, and stress related to caregiving or life transitions.

Clients can expect a collaborative process in which the therapist adapts conversation and interventions to fit unique needs, whether the focus is on improving communication, managing impulsivity, rebuilding after loss, or coping with eating and self-esteem issues.

Shirley holds an LMHC license in Florida (FL LMHC MH3465) and combines practical tools with reflective exploration to support coping, growth, and clearer decision-making. She welcomes clients who are ready to take the next step toward change and offers flexible online formats to accommodate different schedules and circumstances.

Integrating therapeutic approaches through online care

Shirley often blends Internal Family Systems and Client-Centered Therapy to support clients in exploring internal parts and developing greater self-understanding. Internal Family Systems helps people identify and relate to different inner voices or parts that influence behavior and feelings, which can be helpful for trauma, anxiety, and patterns of reactivity. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes empathy, unconditional positive regard, and a collaborative pace to create a nonjudgmental space for processing relationships, grief, and life transitions.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process; the therapist will work together with each client to determine which methods and pacing feel most useful based on symptoms, goals, and personal preferences. Over time strategies can be adjusted as needs evolve, combining insight-oriented exploration with practical skills when that serves the client's aims.

Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more accessible and flexible for varied schedules and locations. These options allow clients to maintain continuity of care from different settings and to select the format that best supports their day-to-day life while working through relationship, trauma, mood, or caregiving challenges.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Shirley commonly address?
She works with a wide range of issues including relationship and family problems, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, anxiety, addiction, and ADHD among other areas listed in her practice focus.
What is her therapeutic approach and style?
Her style is collaborative and person-centered, tailoring dialogue and treatment plans to each client while drawing on modalities such as Internal Family Systems, CBT, DBT, and existential ideas as appropriate.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Shirley brings 20 years of professional work experience to her practice, which shapes her familiarity with diverse presenting concerns and treatment strategies.
What credentials and location should I know about?
She is a licensed mental health counselor in Florida with the designation FL LMHC MH3465 and maintains practice serving clients from that state.
Can non-U.S. clients work with her?
Yes, she accepts international clients and conducts sessions in English to accommodate people outside the United States.
Which session formats are offered?
Available formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to provide flexibility in how therapy is delivered.
How are fees and billing handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time to match changing needs.
What is the process for beginning therapy?
To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Relationship issuesFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseGriefDepression

Also works with

Stress, AnxietyAddictionsIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersParenting issuesAnger managementSelf esteemCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderCoping with life changesCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

Aging and geriatric issuesAttachment issuesCaregiver issues and stressCodependencyCommunication problemsControl issuesDivorce and separationDrug and alcohol addictionEating and food-related issuesEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsForgivenessGuilt and shameImpulsivityInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMen's issuesMidlife crisisMoney and financial issuesMood disordersObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksPhobiasPost-traumatic stressProcess addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)Self-loveSex addictionSexual assault and abuseSocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesWorkplace issues

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Existential TherapyEye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)Gottman MethodImago Relationship TherapyJungian TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems

Experience

20+ years

Licensed

Florida

Languages

English