Shirley Williams, LCSW, CSW
Colorado · 35 years in practice
Shirley Williams is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people navigate trauma, relationship struggles, grief, and stress.
License and registration
- LCSW, Colorado
- CSW.00991632 · expires August 2027
- NPI
- 1871210203 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 35
- Languages
- English
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About Shirley
Shirley Williams is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people navigate trauma, relationship struggles, grief, and stress. She brings 35 years of experience and a calm, down-to-earth style to sessions. Shirley works with adults who are coping with life changes, anxiety, depression, parenting strain, and issues around intimacy and self-esteem.
She trained in psychology and social work at Wayne State University and has a long history in health care, hospice, schools, foster care and adoption, and pregnancy services.
Background and approach
Shirley also spent many years supporting people with chronic illness, disability, and caregiver stress. Her clinical lens includes somatic methods and trauma-focused work that pay attention to how the body holds experience. Alongside social work, Shirley completed a 1,000-hour massage therapy program and held national certification and Colorado licensure in massage and bodywork.
That background supports her use of movement, sound, and body-centered approaches when they fit a client's needs. She also brings expressive tools such as clay, dance, and guided movement into some sessions. Shirley lists Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing as one of her clinical approaches and integrates trauma-focused and narrative methods to help people tell and reframe difficult stories.
She has incorporated techniques like the Flash Technique for trauma resolution and watches how people respond before adapting the work. Her style is curious and practical. Sessions combine talking with gentle somatic practices and creative exercises when helpful.
Shirley aims to help people build coping skills and find clearer ways forward.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Shirley lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- ADHD
- Stress, Anxiety
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Shirley names
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Online support
How EMDR and Trauma Work Translate Online
Shirley uses EMDR-related methods to help people process traumatic memories in a way that reduces their intensity. EMDR involves focusing on a memory while using guided bilateral stimulation to change how the memory feels and reacts in daily life. Narrative Therapy helps people tell and reshape their life stories, highlighting strengths and new perspectives to move past stuck patterns.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Shirley will collaborate with each person to decide whether EMDR-related techniques, narrative work, or trauma-focused strategies are the best fit. She adapts methods based on the client's goals, comfort, and response as therapy unfolds.
Online sessions include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make care more flexible. Video is useful for in-depth processing and somatic exercises, phone can be a simpler option when bandwidth is low, and messaging or live chat work well for brief check-ins or ongoing support between sessions. These formats aim to help people fit therapy into busy lives while still doing meaningful trauma and narrative work.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Shirley address?
She works with trauma and abuse, relationship and family issues, grief, anxiety, depression, ADHD, stress, parenting strain, and related concerns such as self-esteem, anger, body image, and caregiver stress.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her approach is down-to-earth and somatic. Sessions often mix talk therapy with body-centered practices and creative exercises like sound, movement, or clay work.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Shirley brings 35 years of clinical experience across settings such as hospice, schools, foster care, adoption services, and health care.
What are her credentials and where is she located?
She holds LCSW and CSW credentials and practices from Colorado as a licensed clinical social worker.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English only and international clients are not accepted.
What session formats are available?
Shirley offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different needs and schedules.
How are sessions paid for and what does it cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
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