Shelley Mclean
Supportive integrative counselling for everyday challenges
About Shelley
Shelley Mclean offers an integrative approach that draws on practical, evidence-based techniques to help people manage stress, anxiety and the impact of trauma. She writes plainly and listens closely to understand what is happening now. Shelley keeps sessions focused and clear so parents and busy adults can use what they learn straightaway.
Shelley has three years of professional experience in counselling across a range of concerns. She supports people facing low mood, panic, self-esteem difficulties and the strain of life changes.
Background and approach
Her work also covers parenting challenges, grief and relationship issues and she has experience with ADHD-related struggles and mood disorders. In sessions Shelley adapts talk and activities to each person’s situation. She uses practical tools to manage anxiety and low mood, and offers space to make sense of trauma, abandonment or attachment concerns.
She aims to build steady steps, not quick fixes, so progress feels manageable. Shelley is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. She works with people across the United Kingdom and accepts international clients who can meet by video or phone.
Sessions can also be done through live chat or text-based messaging. To begin, Shelley encourages people to take a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session. That first conversation looks at goals and practical next steps so therapy fits into everyday life.
What Shelley works with
Sessions & fees
How integrative approaches work online
Shelley uses an integrative, evidence-based way of working that combines talk methods with practical exercises. One common strand focuses on anxiety management - learning breathing and grounding techniques, spotting thought patterns and building small routines to reduce panic and worry. These tools are useful for panic attacks, chronic worry and everyday stress.Another strand concentrates on trauma-informed support. This involves paced conversations, creating safety within the session and techniques to help reduce overwhelming memories or dissociation. The aim is to help people feel steadier and regain control over difficult reactions.
Finding the right mix of methods is part of the work itself. Shelley approaches this collaboratively, discussing what seems most helpful and adjusting methods as goals change. Together you set priorities and test what works in real life rather than following a fixed plan.
Online sessions can be arranged by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different needs. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and messaging or live chat work well for brief check-ins or when writing feels easier. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into busy schedules and to continue work between sessions.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
|---|---|
| Client ages | Adults, 18 and over |
| Fees | Subscription via BetterHelp, cancel anytime |
| Insurance | Not billed directly |
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Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Relationship issues
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Visually impaired
- Experience
- 3 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
