- Stress and anxiety
- Trauma recovery
- ADHD and focus
About Shirley
Shirley Savage-Hampton is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, licensed in Nevada with ten years of clinical experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, depression, and ADHD-related concerns. She also helps people dealing with adoption and foster care issues, caregiver stress, aging and end-of-life concerns, and family of origin problems.
Her style blends several practical techniques to address immediate problems and everyday functioning. She uses cognitive-behavioral strategies to spot and reframe unhelpful thoughts. She also uses client-centered conversations to encourage reflection and dialectical behavior strategies to teach coping skills.
In sessions Shirley focuses on doable tools you can use between appointments. That might mean a short mindfulness exercise to improve concentration, a step-by-step plan to break tasks into manageable parts, or skill practice for handling strong emotions. She avoids diagnostic labels in favor of clear goals you can test and adjust.
Shirley pays attention to life context, like caregiving load or recent losses, and brings practical approaches for those situations. She offers structured goal-setting for motivation and memory or executive functioning challenges. For people recovering from trauma she emphasizes safety, pacing, and building concrete skills before tackling harder material.
If you are feeling stuck after a change in work, relationships, or health, Shirley helps sort priorities and try small experiments to see what helps. To begin you follow the site steps to view online therapy options and schedule an initial session.
Evidence-based approaches and online care
Shirley uses a mix of evidence-based techniques in her work. Cognitive-behavioral strategies focus on identifying and reframing unhelpful thoughts and building stepwise plans to change behavior. Dialectical behavior strategies teach practical coping skills for strong emotions and help with distress tolerance and emotion regulation. Client-centered conversation creates time to reflect and set personal goals that matter in daily life.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Shirley will collaborate with each person to see which techniques feel useful, adjust methods over time, and prioritize goals based on needs and preferences.
Session logistics should be confirmed before booking since the biography does not list specific formats. Online care can make fitting therapy into a busy week easier, and it can reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. Ask about the available session formats when you schedule so you can pick what fits your schedule and environment.
Areas of expertise
Additional focus areas
Experience
10+ years
Listed in
Nevada
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she address related to feeling stuck?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, trauma, and ADHD issues that often leave people unsure what comes next.
How does she approach someone unsure about their next steps?
She combines cognitive-behavioral techniques, client-centered conversation, and dialectical behavior strategies to create practical steps and coping skills.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has ten years of experience providing mental health support in clinical settings.
What credential and location are listed?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in Nevada.
Does she offer sessions in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats should I expect?
The original biography does not list specific session formats; confirm current session options before booking through the site.
How are session costs handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started if I want to try therapy?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger, use the crisis numbers.