Shelly Thomas-Baines

• Client-Centred Therapy
• Mindfulness Therapy
• Trauma-Focused Therapy

About Shelly

Shelly Thomas-Baines helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief and self-esteem. She uses a person-centred way of working and draws on mindfulness and trauma-focused approaches. She is registered with NCPS and has four years of professional experience in the United Kingdom.

Shelly works in a conversational way that aims to make difficult topics easier to talk about. She listens to the issues you bring and helps you identify what matters most. Sessions focus on practical ways to manage current problems and on building strategies to cope between meetings.

Her mindfulness work includes simple practices to reduce overthinking and to increase calm. These are short exercises that can be used in daily life to ease anxiety or low mood. The trauma-focused elements look at safe, step-by-step ways to address distress linked to past harm and difficult memories.

Shelly also helps with problems that come from early relationships, such as attachment and abandonment concerns. She supports people dealing with long-term health issues, cancer, chronic pain, caregiving strain and the stresses of separation or divorce. Communication and relationship patterns are addressed one person at a time.

She makes clear plans with each person about what to work on and how progress will be checked. Sessions are practical and conversational, aiming to leave people with tools they can use between meetings. The emphasis is on gradual change and manageable steps.

How her approaches are used in online sessions

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and understanding the concerns you bring, and helping you find your own solutions through supportive conversation. It is useful for stress, low mood and problems with motivation.

Mindfulness Therapy teaches short, practical exercises to reduce worry and increase calm. These practices can be used between sessions to help manage anxiety and improve day-to-day focus.

Trauma-Focused Therapy works in gradual steps to address distress related to past harm and difficult memories, aiming to reduce the intensity of those experiences over time.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The counsellor will work together with you to decide which methods best fit your needs, goals and preferences, and will adjust the way sessions run as progress is reviewed.

The practical benefits of remote sessions include fitting counselling into a busy life and making it easier to attend from different locations. If you need information about specific formats, please confirm the current session options before booking. Registered or accredited professionals and counsellors commonly use remote work to help people keep therapy manageable alongside other commitments.

Topics Shelly lists

• Stress and anxiety
• Trauma and abuse
• Grief
• Self-esteem
• Depression
• Abandonment
• Aging and geriatric issues
• Attachment issues
• Autism and Asperger Syndrome
• Blended family issues
• Cancer
• Caregiver issues and stress
• Chronic pain, illness, and disability
• Codependency
• Commitment issues
• Communication problems
• Control issues
• Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
• Dependent personality
• Divorce and separation
• Domestic violence
• Drug and alcohol addiction
• Emptiness
• Family problems
• Fatherhood issues
• Forgiveness
• Guilt and shame
• Hoarding
• Impulsivity
• Intellectual disability
• Isolation and loneliness
• Jealousy
• Life purpose
• Midlife crisis
• Postpartum depression
• Post-traumatic stress
• Pregnancy and childbirth
• Prejudice and discrimination
• Process addictions
• Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
• Self-harm
• Self-love
• Social anxiety and phobia
• Women's issues
• Young adult issues

Ways of working

• Client-Centred Therapy
• Mindfulness Therapy
• Trauma-Focused Therapy

Questions about Shelly

Does she work with anxiety?

Yes. Anxiety is listed among the main concerns she helps people with, including techniques to reduce overthinking and worry.

What kind of counselling does she offer?

She uses Client-Centred Therapy alongside Mindfulness Therapy and Trauma-Focused Therapy, focusing on conversational, practical sessions.

How much experience does she have?

She has four years of professional work experience in the United Kingdom.

Is she registered and where is she based?

She is registered with NCPS and works in the United Kingdom.

What languages are offered?

Sessions are offered in English.

Can I work with her from another country?

International clients are not currently accepted.

What session formats does she use?

The biography does not specify session formats; please confirm current session options before booking.

How much do sessions cost?

Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.