- Creates calm space
- Collaborative plans
- Practical tools
About Shirley
Shirley Butler is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 23 years in the mental health field. She practices from Montana and brings long experience from community mental health, Tribal behavioral health, and a private practice she opened in 2013. Shirley centers her work on creating a calm, respectful space where people can tell their story and start to make changes.
She spent significant time living and working on reservation communities and has worked across many cultures. That background informs how she notices cultural context and different life experiences during sessions. Shirley values curiosity and listens closely to understand each person's history and concerns.
Her approach begins with building rapport and a clear alliance. Together with clients she creates a treatment plan that fits their goals and needs. She focuses on practical steps people can try between sessions and checks in about what is or isn't helping.
Shirley has supported people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting strain, and career or relationship challenges. She also addresses issues such as abandonment, codependency, communication problems, and forgiveness. Her work often includes attention to self-worth and women's issues.
With a Master of Social Work and a record of substantial supervised clinical hours before licensure, Shirley draws on several therapeutic approaches. She describes therapy as a collaborative process where clients guide which parts of their story to examine and change.
She spent significant time living and working on reservation communities and has worked across many cultures. That background informs how she notices cultural context and different life experiences during sessions. Shirley values curiosity and listens closely to understand each person's history and concerns.
Her approach begins with building rapport and a clear alliance. Together with clients she creates a treatment plan that fits their goals and needs. She focuses on practical steps people can try between sessions and checks in about what is or isn't helping.
Shirley has supported people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting strain, and career or relationship challenges. She also addresses issues such as abandonment, codependency, communication problems, and forgiveness. Her work often includes attention to self-worth and women's issues.
With a Master of Social Work and a record of substantial supervised clinical hours before licensure, Shirley draws on several therapeutic approaches. She describes therapy as a collaborative process where clients guide which parts of their story to examine and change.
This summary is based on the profile information listed on BetterHelp.