- Stress and anxiety
- Focus and memory
- Guilt and shame
About Shirley
Shirley St Juste is a Florida-licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) with 19 years of professional experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, depression, and life transitions, and she also provides coaching support for concentration, memory, and professional development. She speaks English and Haitian Creole.
In sessions she focuses on practical problem solving and clear conversation. She helps people name what feels overwhelming and then breaks issues into manageable steps. This can include working on attention and focus, building routines, or sorting out choices after a life change.
Shirley has experience with a wide range of concerns that often overlap with guilt or shame. Those include attachment and family of origin issues, forgiveness, blended family challenges, caregiver stress, and the emotional impact of chronic illness or injury. She also notes experience with first responder and immigration-related stress.
Her background includes coaching for workplace performance alongside traditional counseling work. That means sessions may mix skill-building for concentration with talk therapy about emotions and decision-making. People often come for help juggling professional demands and personal strain.
Shirley invites straightforward conversation about what led someone to seek help. She encourages small, practical steps and collaborative planning so progress can feel realistic. To begin, visitors are asked to use the site’s matching process and schedule a first session.
How evidence-based approaches translate to online work
Shirley uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on clear skills and practical changes. One common approach emphasizes cognitive strategies - noticing unhelpful thoughts and testing them with small behavioral experiments. That method can help with persistent guilt, anxiety, and low mood by making patterns easier to change.Another useful technique concentrates on improving attention and executive skills. It includes simple routines, time-management tactics, and exercises to strengthen concentration and memory. That kind of work pairs well with coaching for workplace or daily-life demands and can reduce the day-to-day strain that feeds shame or self-blame.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals, symptoms, and preferences. This is a team process and may shift as needs change.
The practical benefits of working online should be confirmed before booking since formats are not specified in the biography. Please check which session types are offered. Online options often make it easier to fit appointments into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time so sessions can be attended around work or caregiving obligations.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Experience
19+ years
Listed in
Florida
Languages
English, Haitian Creole
Frequently asked questions
Which concerns does she work with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, coping with life changes, coaching, and ADHD-related focus issues. Additional areas include family of origin issues, forgiveness, and guilt and shame.
What is her general approach in sessions?
She uses practical, evidence-based techniques and clear conversation to break problems into manageable steps. Sessions blend skill-building for focus with talking through emotions and decision-making.
How much experience does she have?
She has 19 years of professional work experience as a mental health counselor.
What are her credentials and location?
She is a Florida LMHC and practices in Florida.
Does she work in other languages or with international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and Haitian Creole. She is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are offered?
Session formats are not specified in the biography; please confirm current session options before booking.
How are sessions paid for?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Begin by selecting the See online therapy options button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.