Shirley Williams, LCSW
- Colorado
- CO LCSW CSW.00991632
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Open on 1 of the last 30 days
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Availability over the last 30 days: open to new clients on 1 day, waitlist or full on 29 days. Most recent check, Oct 27: waitlist or full.
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About Shirley
I am a State of Colorado licensed Mental Health provider (#00991632) and have been for nearly 30 years. I grew up in Michigan and attended Wayne State University achieving a BA in Psychology and a MSW. Early on in my career, I enrolled in a 2-year Intensive Family Therapy program at what was then The Ann Arbor Center for the Family. It was at the exciting time when Family Systems Therapy had just revealed itself to the profession. I completed that program and many other advanced trainings throughout the years. Many of the clients I have served throughout the years have found me through my work in health care, hospice, schools, foster care and adoption, pregnancy services, serving the disabled and their caregivers including their animal caregivers. In the year 2000 I completed a 1000 hour Massage Therapy Program at The Boulder College of Massage Therapy. Soon after I became Nationally Certified in Massage & Bodywork Therapy (#290715-00) which is the highest and most rigorous standard set by NCBTMB. I have been licensed by the State of Colorado (#0001022) since 2000 as a Licensed Massage Therapist. My dual careers as a Psychotherapist and Bodywork Therapist has enabled me to practice from a Somatic perspective with a trauma-sensitive focus. Several years ago, as an EMDR therapist, I discovered The Flash Technique and have been finding my clients are responding well to this in trauma resolution therapy. Needless to say, I love learning and I’ve accumulated a variety of expressive art tools I sometimes use in my sessions. Clients often learn the therapeutic value of sound therapy, dance & movement therapy, clay therapy and I introduce them in my virtual sessions and in-person sessions in my home in Longmont, Colorado.My greatest gift in all my life has been the ability to embrace my innate curiosity and express it to help others. Read more Show less
What Shirley helps with
Specialties and approaches
Specializes in
Relationship issuesFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseGriefStress, AnxietyIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersSleeping disordersParenting issuesSelf esteemCareer difficultiesDepressionCoping with life changesCompassion fatigue
Approaches
Client-Centered TherapyExistential TherapyNarrative TherapySolution-Focused TherapySomatic TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapySystemic Therapy
Also experienced with
Additional focus areas
AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAging and geriatric issuesAttachment issuesBlended family issuesBody imageCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCommunication problemsControl issuesDivorce and separationEmptinessFamily problemsFirst responder issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameHospice and end-of-life counselingIsolation / lonelinessLife purposeMen's issuesMidlife crisisObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthSelf-loveSocial anxiety and phobiaSomatizationTraumatic brain injuryWomen's issuesYoung adult issues