About Shirley
Shirley St Juste is a licensed mental health counselor in Florida with 19 years of experience. She helps people manage stress, anxiety, and depression. She also supports those facing major life changes and people seeking coaching around work and concentration.
She focuses on practical, down-to-earth support. Sessions aim to clarify immediate problems and build simple routines that help day-to-day functioning. Shirley pays attention to concentration and memory concerns, including challenges commonly associated with ADHD, and helps people develop tools to stay organized and on track.
Background and approach
Shirley creates an open, nonjudgmental space for clients to talk about what matters most to them. Conversations center on what is happening now and what small steps can make a real difference. She listens for strengths clients already use and helps widen those coping skills.
Her background includes nearly two decades of work with adults facing emotional strain and life transitions. That experience informs straightforward coaching for career-related stress and executive-style challenges. People looking for practical ways to manage mood, focus, or big life changes will find a steady, goal-oriented approach.
Sessions can be delivered in English or Haitian Creole. Shirley emphasizes collaboration and clear next steps so clients leave sessions with specific, usable ideas.
Practical approaches for online care and focus support
Shirley uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that are practical and goal-oriented. She often emphasizes brief, action-focused strategies that help people organize tasks, manage overwhelm, and build steady routines that improve focus and mood. These techniques are useful for stress, anxiety, and concentration difficulties including ADHD-related challenges.She also draws on coaching-style methods to set clear goals and track progress. Coaching approaches break larger goals into smaller steps, create checklists, and establish simple habits that can be practiced between sessions. That makes sessions feel like problem-solving meetings where clients leave with an immediate plan.
Choosing the right approach is a joint process. Shirley works together with each person to pick strategies that match their needs, goals, and daily life. She adjusts methods over time based on what helps most, so treatment stays practical and relevant.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions let people see visual cues and work through tasks together. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier to fit into a work break. Live chat and text messaging allow short check-ins and quick problem-solving between longer appointments. These options increase flexibility and make it easier to keep progress moving forward.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Experience
- 19 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English, Haitian Creole
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