Shirley Butcher
Practical, trauma-informed counseling with CBT elements
LPCC Minnesota
- Experience
- 6 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Addictions, LGBT
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Attachment-Based Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Shirley
Shirley Butcher is a licensed professional clinical counselor (LPCC) practicing in Minnesota with six years of clinical experience. She focuses on stress, anxiety, addictions, LGBT concerns, trauma and abuse, and depression, and attends to related issues such as attachment and abandonment, body image, codependency, dissociation, and family-of-origin struggles.
Background and approach
Her background includes work with people affected by trauma and substance use, and she blends practical skills with a values-driven approach to care. Shirley draws on cognitive behavioral techniques alongside attachment-based and client-centered methods to help clients build insight and develop concrete strategies for daily life.
She also uses elements of dialectical behavior therapy and EMDR when clinically appropriate to address intense emotional regulation difficulties and trauma memories. Her style balances empathy and collaborative problem solving, helping clients translate therapeutic insight into manageable behavioral change.
Shirley aims to create a therapeutic pace that matches each person's needs, combining talk-based interventions with structured exercises and mindfulness practices. Her practice emphasizes working together to identify priorities, build coping skills, and reduce patterns that maintain distress while honoring each client's lived experience.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Shirley frequently integrates cognitive behavioral therapy and attachment-based work into online sessions. Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and teaching practical strategies to reduce anxiety, manage stress, and address depressive patterns. Attachment-based therapy explores relationship patterns that shape emotional responses and helps people develop more supported ways of relating to themselves and others.She approaches treatment collaboratively, recognizing that finding the right therapeutic mix is part of the work. Shirley will discuss goals, preferences, and life circumstances with each person and tailor a plan that may combine different methods so clients can try approaches and adjust as needed.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which provide flexibility for scheduling and different ways to engage in therapy. These options make it easier to access consistent care from Minnesota, fit sessions into busy routines, and use modalities that suit individual comfort and communication styles.
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Experience
6+ years
Licensed
Minnesota
Languages
English