Shelley Wilman

Shelley Wilman is a counsellor with 30 years of professional experience in the United Kingdom. She is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and practices in a way that adapts to each person's needs. Shelley describes herself as an integrative practitioner who does not use a single approach for everyone.

She helps people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, depression and low self-esteem. She also supports those dealing with relationship and intimacy-related issues, anger, and feelings of emptiness or isolation. Additional areas she addresses include body image, commitment and communication problems, cancer-related concerns, and the effects of domestic violence.

Shelley uses a mix of methods tailored to the person in front of her. She offers cognitive behavioural therapy, eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing, client-centred work, existential thinking and solution-focused techniques when appropriate. In sessions she aims to help people make sense of their concerns and their deeper feelings.

Her style is collaborative and straightforward. She treats clients as experts in their own story and looks for strengths to build on. Shelley supports people through change while offering practical ways to manage difficult thoughts and feelings.

Clients can expect a calm, respectful space to talk things through and to consider next steps. If you are thinking of beginning therapy, Shelley encourages a first step of signing up and discussing what you hope to achieve together.

How Shelley’s approaches fit online therapy

Client-Centred work focuses on listening and following what matters most to the person. It helps people feel heard and build their own solutions rather than being told what to do. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at links between thoughts, feelings and actions and teaches concrete strategies to change unhelpful patterns. Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a trauma-focused method that helps reduce the intensity of traumatic memories by processing them in a structured way.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Shelley will work collaboratively to identify whether client-centred conversations, CBT tasks or trauma-focused work are the best fit for the goals you bring. She adapts methods rather than insisting on a single model, and will check in regularly to see what is helping.

Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow a steady rhythm of meetings. Some people find shorter check-ins or phone conversations simpler to manage, while others prefer a longer video session for deeper work; please confirm current session options before booking. Registered or accredited professionals can use online sessions to deliver the same kinds of therapy approaches Shelley offers, helping clients work through stress, trauma, relationships and mood concerns while fitting therapy around everyday life.