- CBT methods
- Grief and loss
- Workplace issues
About Shirley
Shirley Grube is a Pennsylvania licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) with 40 years of experience. She works with adults on stress, anxiety, depression, grief, anger, addictions, self-esteem, and life changes. Shirley uses straightforward, practical conversation to help people manage daily pressures and adjust to new circumstances.
Shirley aims to help people recognize their strengths and use them to handle what feels overwhelming. She invites clients to talk through current problems and build steps they can try between sessions. Her approach emphasizes small, doable changes rather than long explanations.
Across her career she has supported people facing workplace issues, communication problems, and the effects of trauma and abuse. She also helps those dealing with drug and alcohol addiction, panic attacks, and isolation or loneliness. Shirley’s background includes hospice and end-of-life counseling and work on forgiveness and self-love concerns.
In sessions she leans on practical tools drawn from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. Those tools focus on changing patterns of thought and behavior that keep problems stuck. Shirley encourages testing new ways of handling conflict, anger, and stress in everyday life.
Shirley asks clients to take an active role in planning goals and trying small behavioral steps between meetings. She acknowledges that starting therapy takes courage and keeps the work focused and concrete so clients can track progress and adjust plans as needed.
How CBT can be used in online sessions
Shirley uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) in a practical way. CBT looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It helps people spot thinking or behavior patterns that increase anger, anxiety, or low mood, and then try different responses to those patterns.In sessions she focuses on concrete skills such as noticing triggers, testing new responses to frustration, and planning small behavioral experiments. These steps help with workplace stress, panic episodes, relationship tension, and grief by giving visible practices to repeat outside sessions.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist and client review goals, try methods, and adjust what they do based on what works. That collaborative process makes it easier to find a practical fit for handling anger and daily stressors.
Session formats are not specified in the source biography, so confirm current session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy day, allow shorter check-ins when time is tight, or avoid travel time. Licensed professionals can adapt CBT exercises for remote sessions so the work remains focused and actionable.
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Experience
40+ years
Listed in
Pennsylvania
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, anger, addictions, grief, self-esteem, coping with life changes, and related concerns.
What is her therapeutic style like?
She uses practical conversation and goal-focused work, emphasizing small steps clients can try between meetings.
How much experience does she have?
She has 40 years of professional experience working with a range of emotional and behavioral concerns.
What are her credentials and location?
She is a Pennsylvania LCSW and practices with clients based in Pennsylvania.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the US work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are sessions arranged and what about cost?
Cost varies with location and sessions are provided through a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.