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LMFT, LCSW

Shirley Souder, LMFT, LCSW

  • Experience43 years
  • LocationIndiana
  • Focus areasADHD, Stress and Anxiety, and Relationship
  • Therapy approachesAttachment-Based Therapy and Client-Centered Therapy
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About Shirley

Shirley Souder brings a counseling practice shaped by decades of clinical work and a blend of practical, faith-informed perspectives. She integrates relational and client-centered methods with cognitive strategies to help people manage stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, ADHD, and challenges tied to relationships and self-esteem.

Background and approach

With 43 years of experience and dual credentials as an LMFT and LCSW, she emphasizes understanding how patterns of behavior arise and what steps a person can take to shift them. Souder combines emotion-focused and attachment-informed ideas with goal-oriented techniques like motivational interviewing and CBT to support coping with life changes, addictions, parenting issues, and career concerns.

Her background also includes work on forgiveness, communication skills, caregiving stress, and complex concerns such as dissociation or personality-related struggles. Clients may find practical guidance grounded in therapeutic theory alongside applications that reflect personal beliefs and everyday life skills.

Evidence-Informed Approaches Adapted to Online Care

Shirley uses cognitive behavioral techniques to help identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, which can reduce anxiety, improve mood, and support clearer problem solving. She also applies attachment-based perspectives to explore relational patterns and emotional responses, helping clients understand how early bonds influence present relationships and coping. Emotionally-focused elements are woven in to address core feelings and strengthen emotional processing in relationship and individual work.

Finding the right combination of approaches is part of the therapeutic process. Shirley works collaboratively with clients to assess goals, preferences, and responses to different methods, adjusting the plan as progress and needs evolve so treatment remains relevant and practical.

Online formats including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging offer flexibility for scheduling and make consistent care more accessible across distances. These options allow licensed professionals to deliver structured exercises, skills coaching, and reflective conversation in formats that fit daily life and client comfort levels.

Frequently asked questions

What issues does Shirley commonly address?
Her practice includes stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy concerns, self-esteem, addictions, grief, parenting challenges, career issues, and ADHD among other areas.
What therapeutic style does she use in sessions?
She blends attachment-based, client-centered, cognitive behavioral, emotionally-focused, and motivational interviewing approaches to tailor work to each person's needs and goals.
How long has she been practicing?
Shirley has 43 years of clinical experience working with a wide range of emotional, relational, and behavioral concerns.
Where is she licensed and what are her credentials?
She holds licenses as an LMFT and LCSW in Indiana with license numbers IN LMFT 35001030A and IN LCSW 34002624A.
Can sessions be conducted in languages other than English?
Sessions are provided in English and she also accepts international clients for remote formats.
What session formats are available for remote therapy?
Shirley offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different communication preferences.
How are fees and subscriptions handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Prospective clients select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseSelf esteem

Also works with

AddictionsGriefIntimacy-related issuesParenting issuesAnger managementCareer difficultiesDepressionCoping with life changesCoachingCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAging and geriatric issuesAntisocial personalityAttachment issuesAvoidant personalityBlended family issuesBody imageCancerCaregiver issues and stressCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDissociationDivorce and separationDomestic violenceFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsForgivenessGuilt and shameIsolation / lonelinessLife purposeMidlife crisisMood disordersNarcissismObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksPersonality disordersPhobiasPost-traumatic stressSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-loveSocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesWorkplace issues

Therapeutic approaches

Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Motivational Interviewing

Experience

43+ years

Licensed

Indiana, Indiana

Languages

English

What Shirley can help with

Shirley Souder works with clients on stress and anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, and self esteem.

Shirley works with teens, individual issues, marriage counseling, and widows.

How Shirley approaches therapy

Shirley's clinical approaches include Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), and Motivational Interviewing.

Experience and training

Shirley is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist practicing in Indiana, with 43 years of clinical experience.