Shelley Mclean, BACP

Shelley Mclean offers an integrative counselling approach that draws on a range of evidence-based techniques to suit each person. She works to make sessions straightforward and practical. Shelley aims to help people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, low mood or life changes find clearer ways forward.

Shelley has three years of professional experience in the United Kingdom and holds BACP accreditation. She has experience supporting people with trauma and abuse, parenting concerns, grief and relationship issues. She also helps with self-esteem, motivation and mild depression.

Her practice pays attention to the details that matter day to day. Sessions are shaped around what a person needs, and plans are adapted as work progresses. Discussions focus on realistic steps, coping strategies and noticing what gets in the way of change.

Shelley also works with specific difficulties such as abandonment, attachment concerns and dissociation. She is familiar with issues arising from adoption and foster care, separation and domestic violence, and with multicultural concerns.

People who struggle with panic, mood disorders, feelings of emptiness, guilt or shame can use the time to talk things through and build practical tools. Shelley supports those navigating career choices, parenting stress and end-of-life matters in hospice contexts.

Sessions are conducted in English and international clients are accepted. To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.

How integrative approaches translate to online counselling

Integrative counselling blends different evidence-based techniques to suit what a person needs. For example, structured cognitive techniques focus on noticing and changing unhelpful thinking patterns and helpful coping skills for anxiety and low mood. Short, practical exercises are used between sessions to build new habits and reduce worrying.

Another common element is trauma-informed work, which pays attention to safety, pacing and grounding tools to manage distress. This approach helps people who struggle with past abuse, dissociation or intense emotional reactions by introducing manageable steps and stabilising strategies.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss your goals, preferences and what feels most useful, and will adapt methods as therapy progresses. That decision is collaborative and reviewed over time rather than fixed at the start.

The biography does not list specific session formats, so check the booking information to confirm how sessions are run. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time so people can access support from different locations. Registered or accredited professionals can explain practical arrangements during the matching and scheduling process.