Shirley Rocks, BACP

Shirley Rocks is a BACP counsellor based in the United Kingdom with four years' practice supporting adults. She works with common concerns such as stress, anxiety, depression, grief and bereavement, sleep difficulties, addiction and parenting strain. Shirley also addresses issues like self-esteem, relationship problems and ADHD-related struggles.

Shirley uses straightforward conversation to help people untangle difficult feelings. She draws on acceptance and commitment ideas and attachment-focused thinking. Sessions are calm and paced to suit the person's needs. Writing and poetry are offered as optional tools when that helps someone put feelings into words.

Her background includes training with the Mid Ulster Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapy and Cruse Bereavement, where she worked specifically with grief and loss. That experience shapes how she supports people through emotional transitions and mourning.

In practical terms Shirley helps people notice patterns that cause pain, practise small changes and build more workable ways of coping. She uses emotionally-focused techniques for relationship and communication issues and client-centred listening to prioritise the person's concerns. The emphasis is on clear, gentle exploration rather than jargon or quick fixes.

People who prefer some creative work can try guided journaling or poetry exercises in session. No writing experience is needed and those activities are optional. Shirley aims to help adults living in or outside the UK find steadier footing when home life or parenting feels difficult.

How Shirley uses therapeutic approaches online