Shelley Shoaib Le Breton
Practical, compassionate support for everyday struggles
About Shelley
Shelley Shoaib Le Breton welcomes people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief or low self-esteem. She offers straightforward support for day-to-day difficulties like coping with life changes, relationship problems, anger and struggles with motivation. Shelley uses clear, compassionate language so people can talk about what matters most to them.
She practises as a counsellor with four years of direct therapy experience and holds BACP registration. Before training as a therapist, Shelley spent 18 years working in education supporting neurodiverse learners, and she draws on that background when helping people understand how they think and behave.
Background and approach
Shelley works in a humanistic way and combines approaches to fit each person. She draws on attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships shape current patterns. She uses client-centred methods to follow the person’s own pace and concerns.
For people who want practical tools, Shelley offers cognitive-behavioural techniques to spot unhelpful thinking and try different behaviours. She also uses psychodynamic ideas to help uncover repeated patterns that cause pain or confusion. Sessions aim to be collaborative and down to earth.
Shelley helps people name their difficulties, try small changes and build longer-term coping. She supports a wide range of concerns including ADHD, trauma, intimacy-related issues, parenting stress, caregiver strain and coping after separation. Conversations are kept simple and focused on what helps now.
People who prefer online work can choose from video, phone, live chat or text messaging to suit their life and routine.
What Shelley works with
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Sessions & fees
How Shelley’s approaches adapt to online therapy
Attachment-based work looks at how our early relationships shape current reactions and trust. Online sessions can help people talk through these patterns and try different ways of relating to others.Client-centred therapy means the counsellor follows the person’s lead and offers empathetic listening. This approach suits video or phone conversations where someone needs time to speak and be heard without pressure.
Cognitive-behavioural techniques focus on noticing unhelpful thoughts and testing small behaviour changes. These practical tools translate well to short check-ins by chat or text, or longer video sessions for guided practice.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Shelley will discuss goals, preferences and what feels manageable, and then decide together which methods to try. This collaborative stance helps tailor the pace and style to each person.
Online therapy offers flexibility for busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports quick check-ins and text messaging can be used for ongoing reflection. These options make it simpler to fit counselling around work, caring roles and travel.
| 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
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 4 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
