Shelley Wilman

Shelley Wilman is a counsellor with three decades of professional experience in the United Kingdom. She is a BACP member and describes her practice as integrative, choosing methods to suit each person rather than one fixed route. Shelley focuses on helping people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, low self-esteem and depression. She also works with issues around relationships, intimacy and anger.

Shelley says she sees people as the experts on their own story. Sessions aim to draw out strengths and to build understanding of the problems that cause distress. She offers practical approaches such as cognitive behavioural techniques alongside trauma-focused work including EMDR. The emphasis is on finding small, manageable changes that add up over time.

Her style is supportive and collaborative. Shelley talks with clients to identify what matters most and then helps them set clear, realistic goals. She pays attention to feelings beneath current difficulties and to patterns that repeat in relationships and choices.

People often come when life feels stuck, empty or overwhelming, or after a relationship breakdown or loss. Shelley encourages steady progress rather than quick fixes, and she helps people to regain confidence and clearer direction.

To begin, she asks people to reflect on what they want to change and to take the first step of booking via the service. From there she works with each person to agree a route forward that fits their pace and needs.

How Shelley’s approaches work in online therapy

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and understanding. The counsellor follows the person’s lead, reflecting what they say and helping them feel heard. This approach suits people who want space to make sense of feelings and decisions.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at unhelpful thoughts and behaviours and tests new ways of thinking. It often uses short exercises and practical steps to reduce anxiety, low mood or unhelpful patterns in relationships.

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, EMDR, is a trauma-focused method that aims to reduce the intensity of painful memories. It can help people who have been affected by abuse, accidents or other deeply distressing events.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Shelley will talk with each person about their goals, symptoms and preferences and then recommend ways forward. Decisions about which methods to try are made together and can change as therapy progresses.

If you are considering online work, check the current session options before booking. The platform will list how sessions are delivered and how to schedule them. Online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy week, allow quieter check-ins when time is short, and remove travel time so sessions are simpler to attend.